24b: Decline & Fall of the Old Kingdom (Part 2)
Why did it all go so wrong? We’ve explored the historical overview of Old Kingdom decline; but what was driving it? There are three major factors that caused this fall. Two originate in the climate, t...
5 Mar 201436min
Technology of the Pyramid Age with Dr. Martin Odler (Part 2)
Recorded 2024. How does copper cut stone? Martin Odler specialises in ancient Egyptian technology. Specifically, the manufacture and use of metal in tools and industry. In this interview, Dr. Odler sh...
5 Mar 201448min
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 objects that Egyptians used to build their famous monume...
4 Mar 201446min
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 question in overview. This chapter focusses on the histori...
3 Mar 201431min
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 monarch was losing influence, and his children were d...
24 Nov 201325min
22: Pepy Lives (Last Flowering of the Old Kingdom)
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 important families (nobility) who served Pepy, and see ho...
4 Nov 201319min
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 impactful, in the Old Kingdom... Date c.2285 - 2260 B...
21 Okt 201319min
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 the Elder continued his travels, now going far south...
7 Okt 201321min
