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56: The Return of the King
Warfare Along the Nile. Around 1550 BCE, the young King Ahmose I was pursuing battle against the enemy Hyksos. The King and his mother, Ahhotep, pummeled their foes mercilessly. But they also took ti…
Published on 10 years, 1 month ago
Introducing: The New Kingdom
Historical Phase number 3... We are now entering the New Kingdom. What does this mean? Well, that's kind of a big question.
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55: Blood and Thunder (Kamose vs Hyksos)
Second Intermediate Period (Part 4). In 1560 BCE, Seqenenre Tao / Ta'a was dead. Killed in battle, the king's body lay on the field, beaten and bloody. Now, the task of ruling the southern kingdom fe…
Published on 10 years, 1 month ago
Battlefield Mummy: The Brutal Death of Seqenenre Ta'a
Around 1560 BCE the King of Southern Egypt, Seqen-en-re Ta’a died. His end was violent and bloody. The king was a victim of (anonymous) foes, who tied him up and executed him. The full circumstances …
Published on 10 years, 1 month ago
54: Three Kingdoms
Second Intermediate Period (Part 3). Around 1560 BCE the Hyksos were supreme over Egypt. Along with their allies (the Nubians of Kerma), the Hyksos dominated half of the country. Down in the southern…
Published on 10 years, 2 months ago
Episode 53: Rulers of Foreign Lands
Second Intermediate Period (Part 2): Invaders!
Around 1650 BCE, the 13th Dynasty crumbled away. Foreigners moving into Egypt over previous centuries now consolidated their power. Or was it an invasion…
Published on 10 years, 2 months ago
52: Two Dynasties at Once
The Second Intermediate Period (Part 1). Around 1700 BCE, different regions of Egypt began to separate. Following a slow decay, a catastrophic famine and plague, and erosion of royal authority, peopl…
Published on 10 years, 3 months ago
51: Everywhere and Nowhere (An Eloquent Peasant)
Dynasty 13: Invisible Kings. From 1770 to 1700, the 13th Dynasty produced a vast number of kings, but we know almost nothing about them, for reasons that remain challenging to understand. We also exp…
Published on 10 years, 3 months ago
50: Between Two Worlds (Sobekneferu / Neferusobek)
A Woman King. Around 1776 BCE, the 12th Dynasty was dwindled away. Before it vanished, it produced one last remarkable figure. Neferu-Sobek (or Sobek-Neferu) was Egypt's first recorded female king.
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Published on 10 years, 4 months ago
Episode 49: From One Era to Another
Foreign Settlements. King Amenemhat IV came to power around 1798 BCE. His reign was unremarkable, but big things were happening around Egypt. In this episode, we explore the growing evidence for Cana…
Published on 10 years, 5 months ago