Episode 62: Holy of Holies
Regnal Year 7 of Thutmose III & Maat-ka-Re Hatshepsut (1488 BCE) In 1488 BCE Hatshepsut makes some of her most daring moves. She takes the throne, becoming the second of Egypt's currently…
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Episode 61: The Two Lands Serve Her
Hatshepsut (Part One). From 1495 - 1490 BCE, Hatshepsut acts as regent for her step-son, the nominal King of Egypt Thutmose III. But the Queen Regent has plans, and soon begins…
Episode 60: Thutmosid Family Values
From 1519 - 1505 BCE, Thutmose I ruled the country with a distinct agenda: he separated the royal from the common, and the sacred from the mundane. At Karnak and in…
Episode 59: The Song of Thutmose
Genocide, and the Valley of the Kings. Family, exploration and tomb-building dominated Thutmose's first few years. He took great care for his five children, bringing on a special tutor for…
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Mini-Episode: Dancers for God
Dancing the Magic Dance In a short break from our narrative, we meet some Egyptian entertainers. The lifestyles of the ancients involved many kinds of festivities: whether it was dancing…
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Episode 58: The Great Turnaround
Thutmose I and the Wars of ExpansionThebes, 1519 BCE. Amunhotep I is dead; Queen Mother Ahhotep is dead. Power has shifted from one branch of the family to another, and…
Episode 57: All Things Good and Pure
The New Kingdom begins with the reign of Amunhotep I. From 1530 BCE to 1510, Thebes enjoys a resurgence in wealth and power. Tombs become more elaborate, the middle-class of…
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Episode 56: The Return of the King
Kings, Warriors and Priestess QueensChapter 1: The Second Intermediate Period ends. On land and river the Thebans attack the Hyksos, pushing them northward towards their capital. King Ahmose I and…
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Episode 55: Blood and Thunder
War up and down the NileCatastrophe hits the Theban resistance when King Seqen-en-Re Tao is killed. His body must be retrieved from the battlefield and given proper burial, a task which…
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Episode 54: The Three Kingdoms
A Game of Chess: Thebes, Avaris and Kerma The Hyksos remain supreme over Egypt, along with their allies the Nubians of Kerma. In Thebes, the Kings of Dynasty Sixteen are struggling…
