The History of Egypt

Amunhotep III (Part 12): Pharaoh as a God. By 1366 BCE, Amunhotep III was ready to celebrate a second sed-festival. However, the King's pretensions had begun to reach celestial heights - in regnal year 34 he appeared to be an equal to the gods themselves... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select bibliography: Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. Michela Schiff Giorgini (et al.), Soleb, (multiple volumes), 2002-2003. Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012. Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992. David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Life in New Kingdom Egypt.Around 1370 BCE, wealthy Egyptians enjoyed a comfortable and well-furnished lifestyle. From their tombs, houses and scattered texts, we can get a sense of daily life for ancient aristocrats... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Egypt in the Cretaceous period. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Brandon Feichter (Bandcamp). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kha and Merit, an Intact Tomb. In 1906, a remarkable discovery came to light: the tomb of a middle-class couple, who lived in the town of Deir el-Medina. Here, amid the craftsmen and specialists who made tombs, a man named Kha and a woman named Merit enjoyed an affluent lifestyle. When they died, they were interred with all their worldly possessions and slept undisturbed for 3300 years. Then, a wonderful discovery occurred and an ancient story came to life... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amunhotep III (Part 11): The Royal Palace and a King's Life.By 1370 BCE, King Amunhotep III was living in a sumptuous palace at Thebes. Built for the first sed-festival (ep.100), the "House of Rejoicing" was a magnificent structure with many beautiful elements. Today, we start to explore how a pharaoh lived and the lifestyle they enjoyed... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com Select Bibliography: Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.   Aikaterini Koltsida, “The North Palace at Malkata,” Archiv für Orientforschung 2011.  Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012.  Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992.  William C. Hayes, “Inscriptions from the Palace of Amenhotep III,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1951.  Peter Lacovara, The New Kingdom Royal City, 1999.  Peter Lacovara, “Recent Work at Malqata Palace,” conference paper 2013.  Franck Monnier, “Scientific Reconstruction of the Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata,” in Peter Lacovara (ed.) Studies on The Palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata 2019 (forthcoming).  David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001.  Website of the Joint Expedtion to Malqata: https://imalqata.wordpress.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Minoans Fade Away. In 1370 BCE, an Egyptian embassy visited the Aegean. As part of their journey, they came to Crete, visiting the Keftiu (Minoans) who had ruled the island for 1000 years. Until now.... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com Music by Derek & Brandon Fiechter www.dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/ Select Bibliography: Baruch Brandl (et al.), “Beth-Shemesh and Sellopoulo: Two Commemorative Scarabs of Amenhotep III and Their Contribution to Aegean Chronology,” The Annual of the British School at Athens 108 (2013). Eric H. Cline, “Amenhotep III and the Aegean: A Reassessment of Egypto-Aegean Relations in the 14th Century B.C.,” Orientalia 56 (1987). Nanno Marinatos, Minoan Religion: Ritual, Image and Symbol, 1993. David O’Connor and Eric H. Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 1998. Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, “Mycenaean Palatial Administration,” in Deger-Jalkotzy and Lemos (eds.) Ancient Greece: From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer, 2006. Malcolm H. Wiener, “The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic III A2 Revisited,” The Annual of the British School at Athens 98 (2003). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ancient Egypt and the Greeks of Mycenae. It's time to set sail! We journey far from Egypt to visit lands only whispered about until now. We are visiting Greece and the lands of Mycenae, who in 1370 BCE were beginning to make their mark on the international scene. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Outro music by Doug Metzger www.literatureandhistory.com/. Harp music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com. Intro music by Gabriel Yared www.gabrielyared.com. Select Bibliography: Eric H. Cline, “Amenhotep III and the Aegean: A Reassessment of Egypto-Aegean Relations in the 14th Century B.C.,” Orientalia 56 (1987). Elizabeth French, Mycenae: Agamemnon’s Capital: the Site and its Setting, 2002. Jorrit M. Kelder, “Royal Gift Exchange between Mycenae and Egypt: Olives as “Greeting Gifts” in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean,” American Journal of Archaeology 113 (2009). Christine Lilyquist, “On the Amenhotep III Inscribed Faience Fragments from Mycenae,” Journal of the American Oriental Society 119 (1999). David O’Connor and Eric H. Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 1998. Cynthia W. Shelmerdine, “Mycenaean Palatial Administration,” in Deger-Jalkotzy and Lemos (eds.) Ancient Greece: From the Mycenaean Palaces to the Age of Homer, 2006. Lord William Taylour, The Mycenaeans, 1964. Lord William Taylour and Elizabeth French, Well-Built Mycenae: the Helleno-British excavations within the Citadel at Mycenae, 1959-1969, 1981-2013. Malcolm H. Wiener, “The Absolute Chronology of Late Helladic III A2 Revisited,” The Annual of the British School at Athens 98 (2003). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Private Worship and Images in New Kingdom Egypt. 00:00 - 32:00 18th Dynasty (see episode 101b). 32:00 - 90:00 Private Worship and Images in New Kingdom Egypt. Check out Campbell's new book Pocket Museum: Ancient Egypt, available at all good retailers (Amazon Affiliate Link) Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Additional Music by Derek and Brandon Feichter https://dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man Who Became a God.In this episode we look at the divine statues of Amunhotep son of Hapu(c.1370 BCE) and how they helped him become a god. With me for this episode is Dr. Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester. Dr. Price is an expert on non-royal statues and religion and he generously agreed to discuss these topics with me. The result was a wonderful interview, that I think you'll really enjoy!Chapter Times:00:00 Prologue,02:47 Episode Intro,04:00 Amuhotep Son of Hapu as a god,08:00 Pilgrims to Amunhotep Hapu's statues,14:45 Campbell Price Interview (Part 1),27:07 Campbell Price Interview (Part 2),47:40 Summary and Conclusion,49:07 Epilogue. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com Sistrum by Hathor Systrum www.hathorsystrum.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Success After Fifty. In 1470 BCE, King Amunhotep III's closest advisor was already eighty years old. The scribe, overseer and wise man Amunhotep Son of Hapu achieved prominence quite late in life, but he did not waste the opportunity. From a small town in the Delta, to the vast construction sites of Thebes, a royal scribe went to work for his pharaoh, and gained immortality...Chapter Times: Intro. Amunhotep's Statues 02:25. Early life 05:40. Rise to Prominence 11:25. The Colossi of Memnon 15:13. King's Counsellor 19:55. The Sed Festival 24:08. Conclusion 30:45. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com. Sistrum by Hathor Systrum www.hathorsystrum.com/. Select bibliography: Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014 (Amazon). Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012. Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992. David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001. Eleanor B. Simmance, “Amenhotep Son of Hapu: Self-Presentation Through Statues and Their Texts in Pursuit of Semi-Divine Intermediary Status,” Unpublished MA Thesis, University of Birmingham 2014 (Online). Alexandre Varille, Inscriptions concernant l’architecte Amenhotep, fils de Hapon, 1968. Clement Robichon and Alexandre Varille, Le temple du scribe royal Amenhotep, fils de Hapou. 1936 (Archive.org). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices