The History of Egypt Podcast5 Kesä 2019

111: Aten the Royal God

Akhenaten (Part 4). In 1360 BCE, regnal year 3, King Nefer-kheperu-Re Amunhotep IV made some of his most startling decisions yet. Promoting the sun disc, Aten, even further, Amunhotep began to give the god royal accessories (cartouches, uraei etc) and present it as a being tied intimately with the pharaoh. This culminated in an unprecedented event: a Sed-Festival, celebrated at Karnak, and shared by the King and God together... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net. Select Bibliography: Smith and Redford, Akhenaten Temple Project, 1976. Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. Jocelyn Gohary, Akhenaten’s Sed-Festival at Karnak, 1992. James K. Hoffmeier, Akhenaten & the Origins of Monotheism, 2015. Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten: The Heretic King, 1987. Donald B. Redford, The Akhenaten Temple Project vol. II: Rwd-Mnw and Inscriptions, 1988. Donald B. Redford, “Akhenaten: New Theories, Old Facts,” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (2013): 9-34. JSTOR. Dominic Montserrat, Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt, 2005. William J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt, 1995. William J. Murnane, “Observations on Pre-Amarna Theology During the Earliest Reign of Amenhotep IV,” Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente (1999): 303-317. Nicholas Reeves, Akhenaten: Egypt’s False Prophet, 2005. Ray Winfield Smith and Donald B. Redford, The Akhenaten Temple Project vol. I: Initial Discoveries, 1976. Eric Uphill, “The Sed-Festivals of Akhenaton,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies (1963): 123-127. JSTOR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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214: The Battle of Kadesh, Ramesses II vs the Hittites

In June of 1287 BCE (approximately), one of antiquity’s great conflicts unfolded in southern Syria. Meeting near Kadesh (Qidsha), the armies of Egypt and Hatti fought each other in a spectacular engag...

15 Elo 20252h 4min

213: Ramesses II Seven Nation Army

Ramesses, Muwattalli, and the Trojans(?). In June of 1287 BCE, the Great Kings of Hatti and Egypt were on the verge of a major confrontation. Ramesses, marching across Sinai and into Canaan, made care...

8 Elo 202550min

212: Ramesses II The Arsenal of Pharaohcracy

Preparing for Kadesh. In 1287 BCE (late in his fifth regnal year) King Ramesses II departed Egypt on campaign. His target? The city of Kadesh / Qidsha in southern Syria. The Kadesh campaign is famous,...

1 Elo 202532min

Kadesh: The 200 Year Enemy with Prof. Peter Brand

Leading up to the Battle of Kadesh (c.1287 BCE) betwen Ramesses II of Egypt and Muwatalli II of Hatti, we need to understand the background. Why was this city the epicentre of such a major conflict? H...

25 Heinä 202549min

Ancient Egyptian Curse / Swear Words

We learn how to insult someone in ancient Egyptian, based on the surviving texts... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Heinä 202514min

Ramesses' Wild West with Prof. Steven Snape

Heart of Darkness at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham. Far from the Nile Valley, on Egypt’s northern coastline, Ramessid soldiers and civilians constructed a significant fortress to control the maritime roads. T...

11 Heinä 20251h 7min

Not Safe for Water (Did Pharaohs Do THAT in the Nile?)

Explicit content. There's a factoid floating around on the internet. It claims that, to ensure fertility and good harvest, pharaohs would ejaculate into the River Nile. Where did this idea originate? ...

4 Heinä 202514min

Hapi Days (or, Ramesses in DeNile)

Hapi was Egypt. The life-giving waters of the annual flood (inundation) were his work; and thanks to these waters, Egypt flourished, its people were fed, the gods received their offerings, and the soc...

27 Kesä 202520min