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95: Amunhotep III, Hundred-Gated Thebes
Amunhotep III (Part 6): City of a Hundred Pylons. In 1397 BCE, King Amunhotep III began a massive series of building projects in Thebes. At Karnak, L…
8 years, 4 months ago
Mini Episode: Memphis River Blues (The Healing)
A Scribe yearns for a holiday, and goes in search of peace.
Two texts, written between 1400 and 1300 BCE, tell of the exhausted scribe's yearning for …
8 years, 5 months ago
94: Amunhotep III & The Pools of Horus
Amunhotep III (Part 5): Exploring the Southlands. In late 1397 BCE, King Amunhotep III took a band of warriors deep into Nubia (Sudan). They traverse…
8 years, 5 months ago
93: Amunhotep III, The River War
Amunhotep III (Part 4): Pharaoh's First War. At the start of regnal year 5 (around August 1397 BCE), Amunhotep III led his first and only military ca…
8 years, 5 months ago
Mini Episode: Love Songs
Interlude: Romance, Passion and Love...in Song Form!
A look at New Kingdom love songs, as they survive. We see how the Egyptians felt and explored lov…
8 years, 6 months ago
92: Queen Tiye, the Great Lady
Amunhotep III (Part 3): Introducing Queen Tiye. In 1399 BCE, the pharaoh Amunhotep III married his first and most important wife: Tiye, Royal Wife, G…
8 years, 6 months ago
91: The Mighty Bulls
Amunhotep III (Part 2): A Busy Start. From May 1400 to April 1399, King Amunhotep finished his first year (just 4 months long) and began his second. …
8 years, 6 months ago
90: Amunhotep III Neb-Ma'at-Re
The Birth of a God. Amunhotep III (Neb-maat-Re) came to power in mid-1400 BCE. He was twelve-years old, but already he had spent years being groomed …
8 years, 7 months ago
89: Lords of the Desert
Nebi and the Guardians of the Sinai. Around 1414 BCE, a man and his comrades were marching into the unrelenting heat of the Sinai Peninsula. We follo…
8 years, 7 months ago
88: Oasis Queens of Dynasty 18
Ladies of the Lake. Before she became queen of Egypt, the lady Tia'a spent her days at the royal harem of the Faiyum. This was a mysterious instituti…
8 years, 8 months ago