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Technology of the Pyramid Age with Dr. Martin Odler (Part 1)
Recorded 2021. Dr. Martin Odler is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, at Charles University in Prague. He studies the tools and objec…
12 years, 5 months ago
24a: Decline & Fall of the Old Kingdom (Part 1)
Why did the Old Kingdom disappear? Was it an overnight "collapse," or something more long term? In this episode, and the next, we explore the questio…
12 years, 5 months ago
23: The Children of Pepy
A Long, Long Reign. King Pepy ruled more than sixty years, by some estimates. In his later years, this long reign was becoming an issue. The aging mo…
12 years, 8 months ago
Episode 22: Pepy Lives
Ruling the World. King Pepy ruled long and his authority reached far and wide. To understand Egyptian society in this period, we must meet the import…
12 years, 9 months ago
21: Pepy II, Child-King
Around 2285 BCE, a new ruler came to power. King Pepy II was a little boy, just six years old. His reign would be one of the longest, and most impact…
12 years, 9 months ago
20: Expeditions and Explorers
The Great Explorer. Around 2300 BCE, King Pepy I died. His successor was a man named Mer-en-Re ("Beloved of Re"). In this period, the explorer Weni t…
12 years, 10 months ago
19: The Beloved of Re, Pepy
Pepy and Weni the Elder (Part 1). Around 2355 BCE, King Pepy I came to power. The new king had trouble establishing his authority, and he had to deal…
12 years, 10 months ago
18: The Guards Themselves (The Assassination of an Egyptian King)
Assassins! Around 2355 BCE, King Teti died. Legend tells us that the king was murdered by members of his own family. If this is true, it is the first…
12 years, 11 months ago
17: The Sixth Dynasty - An Age of Wisdom?
The Sixth Dynasty, and its wisdom. Around 2380 BCE, King Teti inaugurated the Sixth Dynasty of Egyptian rulers. Teti married into the royal family an…
13 years ago
Interview: Alcohol and Economics (with Prof. Leslie Anne Warden)
Beer, Bread and Pharaoh's Power. Recorded 2019. My guest today is Prof. Leslie Anne Warden, Associate Professor of art history and archaeology at Roa…
13 years ago