Ramesses II: Prince of Egypt.
When Sety I took power, his eldest son was probably 10—15 years old. Prince Ra-messes (“Born of Ra”) enjoyed a privileged upbringing. And by the time he was physically mature, the young prince was ready to expand the royal household. His father Sety had some plans in that regard…
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Details and sources:
- Date: c. 1299 BCE.
- Music intro: Keith Zizza.
- Music interludes and outro: Luke Chaos.
- Texts: Kenneth Kitchen’s Ramesside Inscriptions volume 1. Hieroglyph versions at Internet Archive, English translations at Abercromby Press.
- Peter Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt’s Ultimate Pharaoh, out now from Lockwood Press.
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Prince Ramesses from Abydos (Mariette).
Ramesses and Sety, stela of Amenwahsu (Chicago).
Iset-Nofret and Nefertari (Wikimedia).
Stereotypical daughters and sons of Ramesses II (Wikimedia).
Priests
Veronica
Paul
Ashley Welch
Martha Gill
Steven Feurer
Nidden
Kyla
Evan A
Kendra Jones
Andy & Chelsea Lientz
Meicost Ettal
Jolle Kirpensteijn
TJ Kahn
Terri Jones
Linda Yancey
Hereditary Nobles
Donald Johnston
Joel Hadary
Brian K Barnes
Joseph Stashkevetch
Thothotep
Misty Bastian
Grace Devery
Bethany Killian
TV Liew
Eddie, Ezma, And Russo Are Law Dogs But Not Legal Beagles
Rae Knowler
Jenny Granum
Joseph Snow
Dallas Robinson
Ronald Hall
Pat Remler
Rodney Shuff
Dr. A.J. Zwagerman
Karen
William Tracy
Andrew Flaherty
Anders Hegvik
Rabia Altaf
Shawn Knight
William Russell
David Pepper
Inkymonkey
Karin W.
James Waters
Stephen King
Jan Dodoo
Kate Potter
Peter Culicover
Katherine Lewis
Pernille Engberg
Simone
RA EGYPTIAN
Elna Nilsson
Skip Howard
Eric J Holmes
Sandi & Stuart
Chrissi Ross
Bibliography
- P. J. Brand, The Monuments of Seti I: Epigraphic, Historical and Art Historical Analysis (2000).
- P. J. Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt’s Ultimate Pharaoh (2023).
- A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (2004).
- M. M. Fisher, The Sons of Ramesses II (2001).
- D. C. Forbes, The Royal Mummies Caches (TT320 & KV35) (2015).
- W. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary (2005).
- J. E. Harris and K. R. Weeks, X-Raying the Pharaohs (1973).
- Z. Hawass and S. N. Saleem, Scanning the Pharaohs: CT Imaging in the New Kingdom Royal Mummies (2016).
- K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions Historical and Biographical, III (1980).
- K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions Translated and Annotated: Translations, II (2017).
- W. J. Murnane, ‘The Earlier Reign of Ramesses II and His Coregency with Sety I’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 34 (1975), 153–90.
- K. C. Seele, The Coregency of Ramses II with Seti I and the Date of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak (1940).
- A. J. Spalinger, The Great Dedicatory Inscription of Ramesses II: A Solar-Osirian Tractate at Abydos (2009).
- J. Tyldesley, Ramesses: Egypt’s Greatest Pharaoh (2001).
- J. Tyldesley, Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt (2006).
- T. Wilkinson, Ramesses the Great: Egypt’s King of Kings (2023).
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Paula and Martin, members of 2022 November Egypt tour.
Hm… At this link: https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/185-house-of-the-rising-son/
and the following ones until The Abydos King List there is no audio file to listen to : (
Apart from that all the best,
Ivonna
Hi Ivonna,
Since I switched to Airwave Media in early 2023, the audio player plugin no longer functions properly for episodes. Regrettably, we have to forgo audio files on the website until a suitable alternative can be arranged. I recommend using the Spotify/Apple/Google links (or a podcast player of your choice) for the show.
Apologies for any inconvenience!
Dominic