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75: Thutmose Triumphant (The Erasure of Hatshepsut) Updated 2025
Thutmose III (Part 9): Home and Propaganda. From 1455-1450 BCE, Thutmose spent much of his time involved in domestic affairs. Unfortunately, this inv…
9 years, 4 months ago
74: Thutmose III, War Stories
Thutmose III (Part 8): The Final Campaigns. After 20+ years of near-annual campaigning, Thutmose III finally came to the end of his military career. …
9 years, 4 months ago
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. Fe…
9 years, 4 months ago
73: Thutmose III, Three Foreign Wives
Thutmose III (Part 7): Diplomatic Marriage. After the brilliant campaign of year 33, Thutmose enjoys a period of peace and plenty. Foreign powers see…
9 years, 5 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 Os…
9 years, 6 months ago
72: Daily Life in Ancient Egypt (Letters to Ahmose)
Personal correspondence is an exciting find for Egyptologists. It's even more wonderful when the letters come together to form a cohesive group, all …
9 years, 6 months ago
71: Thutmose III, 32 and 30
Thutmose III (Part 6): The Sed-Festival. Three years before the Mitanni Campaign (Episode 70), Thutmose celebrated his first jubilee. To do that, he …
9 years, 6 months ago
The Divine Calendar of Ancient Egypt
New Year Festivities. Welcome to a new series detailing the Egyptians' religious year, the major events and the gods they celebrated. Month number on…
9 years, 7 months ago
70: Thutmose III, 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 …
9 years, 7 months ago
69: When Pharaohs Met Minoans (North by Northwest)
Interlude: During the reign of Thutmose III, evidence for Mediterranean peoples becomes much more visible. Visitors from Crete (Keftiu), Cyprus (Alas…
9 years, 8 months ago