174b: Horemheb, Unfinished Business
Horemheb's Lesser-known works and monuments. A selection of "off-cuts" from the Horemheb narrative including the Luxor Cachette, Horemheb's burial(s) of the Apis Bulls, and the rock-cut temple at Gebe...
18 Mar 202325min
174: Horemheb, Death and Legacy
The Death and Legacy of Horemheb (c.1305 BCE). Horemheb's reign ended after some 27-years of rule, though this is debated fiercely among historians. His latter-day achievements include an unorthodox a...
14 Mar 202357min
The Tomb of Tutankhamun (The Full Story)
100 Year Anniversary, 2022. The story of King Tutankhamun's tomb, in one epic episode. Chapters and their original episodes (with references and pictures): Part 1 (Chapters 1 to 5). Part 2 (C...
4 Nov 20227h 12min
173: A Forgotten Campaign
To Vile Carchemish. In Year 16, King Horemheb may have led a "campaign of victory" to the far north. An artefact identified in the 1970s, but lost for decades, testifies to these events... but what do...
2 Nov 202235min
172: Horemheb, Wise Like Thoth
Horemheb's favourite god. Throughout his life, Horemheb commissioned monuments and artefacts that honoured Djehuty (Thoth). As a courtier, then a King, Horemheb showed a certain favour towards this go...
1 Nov 202229min
171: Law & Order (Special Ma'at Unit)
Horemheb's Great Decree. Sometime during his reign, King Horemheb proclaimed a new set of laws. Taking aim at corruption and abuses-of-power (allegedly happening throughout Egypt), the pharaoh went ha...
25 Okt 202253min
The Ancient Egyptian Empire with Dr. Uroš Matić
New Kingdom vs the World. This week we have an interview with Dr. Uroš Matić. Dr. Matić is a member of the Austrian Archaeological Institute, and takes a fascinating view of ancient society, including...
27 Sep 20221h 21min
170: Horemheb and Ramesses
The Mother is Sweet, Born of the Sun. In the second half of Horemheb’s reign, Egypt’s Queen died in childbirth. Subsequently, pharaoh chose one of his servants, Paramessu (Ramesses) as a successor. Th...
20 Sep 202244min
