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Mini Episode: A Wayward Scribe
Beer and bother. A model letter from c.1250 BCE tells us of a wayward scribe, who fell off the path of ma'at and became lost in drunkenness, indolence and womanizing.…
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Mini Episode: All Is Full of Love
Ancient Egyptian scribes enjoyed writing romantic and sexual texts. They explored themes of love, longing, lust and courtship from a variety of perspectives - male and female. Exploring emotions and…
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Mini Episode(s): Music in Ancient Egypt
Two mini episodes about music!Music was everywhere in ancient Egypt: in the fields, in the temple, on the parade ground, and in the home. Songs and compositions were a part…
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Mini Episode: Memphis River Blues
A scribe yearns for a holiday...Between 1400 and 1300 BCE, scribes wrote poems in a genre that I call "Memphis Blues." They wrote of their tiredness, their need for a…
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Mini Episode: Love Songs
A look at New Kingdom love songs, as they survive. We see how the Egyptians felt and explored love, and encounter songs written from both the male and female perspective...Listen…
Mini Episode: Birthday Festivities
The Egyptian Religious Year (Part 12/12).The Egyptian year ended on a down-note. Thanks to a string of "unlucky" days, the ancients experienced a time of uncertainty and disorder in their…
Mini Episode: Flower Festivities
The Religious Year (Part 10+11). As the end of year approached, the Egyptians celebrated some essential festivals to honour the past and prepare for the future. With the harvest now…
Mini Episode: Onion Festivities
The Egyptian Calendar Months 8 & 9. The planting season (peret) was ending; the season of harvest (shemu) was starting. Over these two months, Egyptians looked to the fields, and…
Mini Episode: Festivities of Heat
The Religious Year (6 + 7 / 12): Great and Small HeatThe sixth and seventh months of the year were called Great and Small Heat, respectively. They were a time…
Mini Episode: Banquet Festivities
The Month of Cats and Snakes (The Religious Year 5/12). The fifth month, Ta-Abet ("the banquet offering") was a month for worshiping snakes and cats above all. In particular, the…
