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Mini Episode: Hathor Festivities
The religious year (Part 3): Worshipping Hathor.
The month of Hathor saw a concentrated effort on renewing fertility energies in the natural world. Festivals to the male god of sexual energy, and the …
Published on 8 years, 8 months ago
73: The Three Princesses
Thutmose III (Part 7): Diplomatic Marriage.
After the brilliant campaign of year 33, Thutmose enjoys a period of peace and plenty. Foreign powers seek accommodation with the Egyptians, and this manife…
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
Mini Episode: Opet Festivities
The Religious Year (Part 2): Worshipping Osiris.
In the month of Pa-Opet ("Phaophi") the Egyptians continued their long re-enactment of the myth of Osiris. They also celebrated a huge festival in hono…
Published on 8 years, 9 months ago
72: Letters to Ahmose
Busy Lives at Thebes. Personal correspondence is an exciting find for Egyptologists. It's even more wonderful when the letters come together to form a cohesive group, all related to one person. Come …
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
71: Thirty-Two and Thirty
Thutmose III (Part 6): The Sed-Festival.
Three years before the Mitanni Campaign (Episode 70), Thutmose celebrated his first jubilee. To do that, he needed a new monument, a few gods, and the ancient…
Published on 8 years, 10 months ago
Mini Episode: The First Pharaohs
Question: What does "Pharaoh" mean?
A quick look at the word "Pharaoh:" what it means, how it came about, and why I very rarely use it in the Podcast (until now).
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.c…Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
Mini Episode: New Years Festivities
The Religious Year (Part 1): New Year.
Welcome to a new series detailing the Egyptians' religious year, the major events and the gods they celebrated. Month number one was called "Tekh," and it herald…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
70: The Napoleon of Egypt
Thutmose's Greatest Campaign. In 1462 BCE, approximately, King Men-kheperu-Re Thutmose III led his most daring campaign. He travelled far from Egypt to attack the heartland of Egypt's enemy, the Mita…
Published on 8 years, 11 months ago
69: When Pharaohs Met Minoans
Foreign Lands, Foreign Peoples. We take a break from the reign of Thutmose III to meet some of Egypt's neighbours. The people of Crete (Keftiu), Cyprus (Alashiya), and Byblos (Kupna / Gubla) made sig…
Published on 9 years ago
68b: Deception at Joppa
Troy before Troy. In the reign of Thutmose III, the Egyptian general Djehuty led a siege at Joppa (Yappho / Yafa, in modern Tel Aviv). The enemy were resisting all attempts to break in. Until Djehuty…
Published on 9 years ago