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 the Valley of the Kings his projects helped reshape the physical expression of kingship.
The architect of these projects, Ineni, gets a look-in. We also say farewell to the last matriarch of the Ahmosid royal family, Ahmose-Nefertari. Finally, a new up-and-comer princess, Hatshepsut, starts her career in the temple of Karnak.
Bibliography
- Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994.
- Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would Be King, 2014.
- Catherine H. Roehrig, editor, Hatshepsut: Queen to Pharaoh, 2005. Free PDF from Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- Betsy M. Bryan, “The 18th Dynasty Before the Amarna Period,” in Ian Shaw (editor), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2000.
- Ineni Biography, translated by Mark Jan Nederhof: Part I; Part II; Part III.
It seems strange to know you once thought this would be wrapped up in 120 episodes, given what we know now that you wouldn’t be finished with Akhenaten’s reign at 120!!
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