55: Kamose vs the Hyksos, Blood & Thunder - 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 fell to his wife Ahhotep and his son Kam...
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
54: Three Kingdoms - The Second Intermediate Period (Part 3)
Around 1560 BCE the Hyksos were supreme. Along with their allies (the Nubians of Kerma), the Hyksos dominated half of the country. Down in the southern regions, the kings of Dynasty 16 struggled to ho...
19 Okt 201529min
53: Rulers of Foreign Lands - The Second Intermediate Period (Part 2)
Second Intermediate Period (Part 2). How did the Hyksos take power? Around 1650 BCE, the 13th Dynasty crumbled away. Foreigners moving into Egypt over previous centuries now consolidated their authori...
28 Sep 201527min
52: Two Dynasties at Once - The Second Intermediate Period (Part 1)
The Second Intermediate Period (Part 1). Around 1700 BCE, different regions of Egypt began to separate. Following a slow decay, a catastrophic famine and plague, and erosion of royal authority, people...
14 Sep 201520min
51: Dynasty 13 and the Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
Dynasty 13: Invisible Kings. From 1770 to 1700, the 13th Dynasty produced a vast number of kings, but we know almost nothing about them, for reasons that remain challenging to understand. We also expl...
31 Aug 201530min
50: Queen Sobekneferu and The Debate Between a Man & His Ba
A Woman King. Around 1776 BCE, the 12th Dynasty was dwindled away. Before it vanished, it produced one last remarkable figure. Neferu-Sobek (or Sobek-Neferu) was Egypt's first recorded female king. A...
27 Jul 201524min
49: From One Era to Another
Foreign Settlements. King Amenemhat IV came to power around 1798 BCE. His reign was unremarkable, but big things were happening around Egypt. In this episode, we explore the growing evidence for Canaa...
13 Jul 201530min
