Episode 67b: The Battle of Megiddo
A Dramatic Reading. 1473 BCE. With the help of some fellow podcasters, the story of Thutmose's Megiddo Campaign comes to life. The result is a dramatic performance of Thutmose's epic account,…
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Blog: A Virtual Exhibit
Objects come to life! Check out Birmingham Museum's new virtual exhibit! OBJECTS COME TO LIFE is a new exploration, online, of some cool pieces from the museum's treasure troves. See it…
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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…
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Episode 58: The Great Turnaround
Thutmose I and the Wars of Expansion Thebes, 1519 BCE. Amunhotep I is dead; Queen Mother Ahhotep is dead. Power has shifted from one branch of the family to another,…
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Episode 56c: A Royal Funeral
How to Bury an Egyptian King. In 1530 BCE, Ahmose I is dead. It falls to his son, Djeser-ka-Re Amunhotep I to bury him. We explore an Egyptian royal funeral. Bibliography Emily Teeter. Religion…
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Episode 56: The Return of the King
Kings, Warriors and Priestess Queens The Second Intermediate Period is coming to its end. On land and river the Thebans attack the Hyksos, pushing them northward towards their capital. King…
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Episode 55: Blood and Thunder
War up and down the Nile Catastrophe 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…
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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…
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Episode 53: Rulers of Foreign Lands
Menkaure and the Third Giza Pyramid. Around 1650 BCE, Egypt is suddenly and catastrophically invaded. Sweeping in from the East, a previously unknown group have taken control of the Delta.…
Episode 51: Everywhere and Nowhere
Invisible Kings: Dynasty XIII The 13th Dynasty begins around 1786 BCE with the reign of Sobek-Hotep I. This king, like those who follow him, is all but invisible in the record. Why?…
