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It is easy to overlook Ay, as a minor figure in the history of ancient Egypt. However, when we step back, and view this King’s entire career (including his pre-royal achievements), we can see things more clearly. As pharaoh, Ay continued many projects started under Tutankhamun. But since Ay had been a major advisor / courtier for that king, we can recognise these projects as part of a larger, longer trend. After the death of Akhenaten, the royal household radically reshaped many of its priorities. Since he first appeared on the scene, Ay was at the heart of those decisions…
- Date: c. 1331 BCE
- Kings: Kheper-kheperu-Ra Ay, “One Who Repels the ‘Asiatics.’”
- Banner image: A statue of Ay, now in Berlin (Artstor).
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Bibliography
- King Ay at the St Louis University website.
- Colossal statue of Ay (Tutankhamun?) in Berlin.
- Colossal statue of Ay (Tutankhamun?) in Chicago.
- B. G. Davies, Egyptian Historical Records of the Later Eighteenth Dynasty, VI (Warminster, 1995).
- A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017).
- M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).
- U. Hölscher, The Excavation of Medinet Habu II: The Temples of the Eighteenth Dynasty (Chicago, 1939). Free download available from The University of Chicago website.
- R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (Wilson, 2013).
- W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).
- O. Schaden, ‘The God’s Father Ay’, PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota (1977).
- O. J. Schaden, ‘Clearance of the Tomb of King Ay (WV-23)’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 21 (1984), 39–64.
Hi Dominic from Bordeaux, France!
Love your podcast; started listening a few weeks ago, in preparation for a two week trip in Egypt 🙂
I would like to download some episodes, is it somehow possible? I have been looking all around the site and didn’t find how.
I actually go swimming and like listening to mp3 while I’m in the pool!
Thanks in advance