The Nascent Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Egypt has been established: now we can explore its first historical phase. The First Dynasty rulers (Aha, Djer, Wadjet, Merneith, Den and more) were accomplished rulers. They left impressive remains…

  • Time period: circa 3000-2900 BCE
  • Kings: Aha, Djer, Wadjet, Mer-Neith, Den.
  • Notable sites: Abdju (Abydos), Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), Saqqara (necropolis of Memphis).
  • Gods: Horus, Neith

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Bibliography

  • Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
  • John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
  • Toby Wilkinson, Early Dynastic Egypt, 2001 (Amazon).
  • David Wengrow, The Archaeology of Early Egypt, 2006 (Amazon).
  • Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).
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11 Comments

  1. Jesse Latimer
    January 26, 2020,

    I am loving your podcast!

  2. Aayan Mudunuru
    March 23, 2020,

    This is a pretty good podcast… 🙂

  3. Peter
    January 5, 2021,

    Dominic … you give Djer’s successor as Wadjet … but Wikipedia and Toby Wilkinson give Djer’s successor as Djet and refer to Wadjet as a goddess of Lower Egypt … can you clarify please…

    • DominicPerry
      January 6, 2021,

      Hi Peter, Djet and Wadjet are the same person. The rendering of the name is variable in diff sources and Toby Wilkinson (Early Dynastic Egypt p.73) notes a few examples. He concludes Wadjet or Wadji may be closer to the original pronunciation. So, I went with Wadjet. Any resemblance to the female deity is (probably?) coincidental. Apologies for any confusion. Dominic

  4. Janel
    February 21, 2021,

    My kids and I are are really enjoying your podcast! Thank you for your high quality educational work!

    • DominicPerry
      March 1, 2021,

      Thanks for listening 😊 I’m glad y’all are enjoying it 🙂🙂🙂

  5. Enno
    March 9, 2021,

    Hi Dominic, Love your podcasts! Just a small remark, you show a picture of an ivory comb and address it to king Den, but should it not be Djet as it shows his Horus name?

  6. Michael
    March 24, 2021,

    Great podcasts. Really informative and clearly set out.
    Thanks .

  7. Julie McNamee
    October 11, 2023,

    Thanks for your podcasts Dominic – very informative.

  8. KRISTINA N SAUNDERS
    January 10, 2024,

    I am loving this podcast so far, and the fact that there is a blog that goes along with to include books of reference for extra reading and photos is amazing! This is just what i’ve been looking for THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS, truly!

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