57: All Things Good and Pure
Amunhotep I and the Splendour of Thebes. The podcast returns from hiatus, following the death of a close family member. Around 1530 BCE, King Ahmose I died and Amunhotep I came to power. At this time,...
11 Apr 20161h 4min
Dancers for God
Interlude: Dance the Magic Dance! Egyptians had many festivals, and they celebrated these with great energy. Whether it was dancing for a wealthy hostess, or leaping over charging bulls, or just getti...
1 Jan 201613min
56c: A Royal Funeral
How to Bury a King. Around 1530 BCE, King Ahmose I died. With his death and burial, the Second Intermediate Period ended and the New Kingdom began. We explore the funeral of a truly great monarch... ...
21 Des 201523min
56b: Restoring Splendour
A Kingdom Resurgent. Around 1540 BCE, the warriors of Thebes (Waset) were chasing their enemies. King Ahmose I and his soldiers pursued the Hyksos, straining to reach that ultimate victory, and re-uni...
7 Des 201540min
56: Return of the King (Dynasty 18 Begins)
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 tim...
23 Nov 201535min
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. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www....
13 Nov 20154min
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 fel...
9 Nov 201525min
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 o...
2 Nov 201524min
