The History of Egypt Podcast - Dominic Perry

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Wayward Sons and Scribes (Re-Release) Jan 25, 2023

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Two letters that tell tales. A model letter from c.1250 BCE tells us of a wayward scribe, who fell off the path of ma’at and became lost in drunkeness, indolence and womanizing. Disappointed in his former pupil, a schoolmaster writes to the scribe, rebuking him for his lifestyle and failures. Then, around 1250 BCE an Egyptian father wrote a letter to his wayward son. The boy had joined a ship’s crew and was now abroad, but had not sent any word of his well-being. Anxious, the father wrote a poignant letter begging his son to return. That letter survives and reveals wonderful parts of ancient life…

Warning: this episode may not be suitable for all ages. It contains reference to ancient Egyptian beer and alcoholism.

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Logo: A man of Syrian(?) descent consuming beer with a straw, from a stela of the New Kingdom c.1350 BCE. Image via worldhistory.org.
Mini Episode: A Wayward Scribe – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)
Mini Episode: The Lost Son – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

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Egyptian Dinosaurs (Re-Release) Jan 18, 2023

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Ancient, ancient, ancient Egypt. Prehistoric Egypt and north Africa were home to many species of flora and fauna. From the shores of the great Tethys Ocean, to inland swamps, great animals roamed and lived their lives. In this previously released content, we explore some of the prehistoric flora and fauna of Egypt and north Africa. Note: This episode was originally released in 2018 and may not be fully up-to-date with paleontological science. If you have any updates or comments, please contact me at egyptpodcast at gmail.com.

Logo image: Spinosaurus reconstruction from a skeleton in Morocco. Image by Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Learn more about the dinosaurs of prehistoric Egypt and north Africa at dinosaurpictures.org. Some recent discoveries at CNN and EgyptToday.

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The Divine Calendar of Ancient Egypt (Re-Release) Dec 27, 2022

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The Deified Dozen. The ancient Egyptian calendar had its origins in lunar traditions (following the moon), but later transitioned to a 365-day solar system. Over the course of twelve months, the Egyptians marked three major seasons and honoured many deities. Festivals to goddesses and gods brought pageantry and partying to the temples. People honoured the great deities, and they sought to unify the world of nature with that of the living, and sometimes even the dead...

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Music "Hymn to Hathor" by Ancient Lyric www.bettinajoydeguzman.com.
Music interludes by Keith Zizza and Luke Chaos.
References, images, and details for various episodes at https://www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com/all-episodes/mini-episodes/

Individual episodes:

Month 1 Tekh: Mini Episode: The Egyptian New Year – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 2 Opet: Mini Episode: Opet Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 3 Hathor: Mini Episode: Hathor Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 4 Khoiak: Mini Episode: Khoiak Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 5 Ta-Abet: Mini Episode: Banquet Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 6 Great Heat and Month 7 Small Heat: Mini Episode: Festivities of Heat – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 8 Pa-Renenutet and Month 9 Pa-en-Khonsu: Mini Episode: Onion Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 10 Khent-khety and Month 11 Ipet-Hemet: Mini Episode: Flower Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

Month 12 Wepet-Renpet and the five extra days Heriu-Renpet: Mini Episode: Birthday Festivities – The History of Egypt Podcast (egyptianhistorypodcast.com)

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Update: 2022 December / 2023 January Dec 22, 2022

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Oof. Time for a break.

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Interview: Tutankhamun Inc. with Prof. Christina Riggs Nov 30, 2022

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Face-to-face with the legends. Christina Riggs is a Professor (History of Visual Culture) at Durham University. In 2021, her book Treasured: How Tutankhamun Shaped a Century took a broader view of the tomb and its discovery than most books on the subject. Her discussion helps us review and revisit older myths or assumptions, and encourage new perspectives on Egyptology's most famous discovery.

Prof. Christina Riggs at Durham University.
Christina Riggs at Academia.edu.
Christina Riggs' website including her blog and the article "Waterboys and Wishful Thinking."

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Interview: Finding Tutankhamun with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley Nov 22, 2022

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An enigmatic icon. Dr. Joyce Tyldesley returns for her second interview with The History of Egypt Podcast! We spoke about her recent book Tutankhamun: Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. and the legacy of the discovery, including aspects of its excavation and significance. We also got into some random topics including Philomena Cunk, Scandinavian Noir shows, and Strictly Come Dancing. Enjoy!

Dr. Joyce Tyldesley at The University of Manchester.
Dr. Tyldesley's 2022 book Tutankhamun: Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. at Headline Publishing.

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Interview: The Tomb of Tutankhamun with Dr. Bob Brier Nov 15, 2022

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Tutankhamun, Mummies, and Murder, oh my! I sat down with Dr. Bob Brier to discuss the Tomb of Tutankhamun, and the legacy of this important discovery. We also chatted about Dr. Brier's work in Egyptology, including his experiment in mummifying a human for scientific research. Finally, we touched on some older works including his "Murder of Tutankhamun" hypothesis and the Great Pyramid's construction (including the "internal ramp" hypothesis of Jean-Pierre Houdin).

My thanks to Dr. Brier for coming on the show, and for allowing me to release the video version! Extra special thanks to Pat Remler for organising the conversation!

Preorder Dr. Brier's book Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World from Oxford University Press.
Read a report on Carter's thefts at The Guardian.
Find Dr. Brier's hierogylphs lessons (and others) at The Great Courses.

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Anniversary: The Tomb of Tutankhamun Nov 04, 2022

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Hardcore Edition. In a special presentation, I compile my “Tomb of Tutankhamun” miniseries into a single mega episode. With updated information, and some new revelations, this 7-hour special is the full story, as best I can tell it.

Reference materials:

For the full archive of Harry Burton’s photographs, showing the tomb of Tutankhamun in its original state, at the Griffith Institute.
See other images, including the treasures, at Wikimedia.
The Tomb of Tutankhamun at The Theban Mapping Project.
The life and reign of Tutankhamun at The History of Egypt Podcast.

The Tomb of Tutankhamun episodes (with references and pictures):

Part 1 (Chapters 1 to 5).
Part 2 (Chapters 6 and 7).
Part 3 (Chapters 8 and 9).
Part 4 (Chapters 10 to 12).
Part 5 (Chapters 13 and 14).
Part 6 (Chapters 15 and 16).
The “DNA Study” (Episode 128).
The Tomb of Nefertiti (Episode 137b).

Episode Details

Date: 1340 BCE and 1922 - 1932 CE.
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Logo image: The gold mummy mask of Tutankhamun via Wikimedia.
Music by Keith Zizza https://www.keithzizza.net/
Music by Michael Levy http://www.ancientlyre.com/
Music by Ancient Lyric http://www.bettinajoydeguzman.com/
Sound interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos

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173: Horemheb - The Forgotten War Nov 02, 2022

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To Vile Carchemish. In Year 16, King Horemheb may have led a "campaign of victory" to the far north. An artefact identified in the 1970s, but lost for decades, testifies to these events... but what do they mean?

Episode details:

Date: c.1316 BCE.
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Music intro: Keith Zizza.
Music interludes and outro: Luke Chaos.

Select Bibliography:

A. Ahrens, ‘New Light on the Amarna Period from the Northern Levant: A Clay Sealing with the Throne Name of Akhenaten/Amenhotep IV from the Royal Palace at Tall Mišrife/Qatna, in: Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 5 (2012): 232-248’, Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie 5 (2012), 232—248.
A. Ahrens, ‘Pharao Haremhab und die nördliche Levante. Bemerkungen zu einem Skarabäenabdruck aus Tell Mišrife/Qatna, in: Ugarit-Forschungen 45, In memoriam Oswald Loretz (2014): 1-9’, Ugarit-Forschungen 45 (2014), 1—9.
E. Devecchi and J. L. Miller, ‘Hittite-Egyptian Synchronisms and their Consequences for Ancient Near Eastern Chronology’, in J. Mynářová (ed.), Egypt and the Near East – The Crossroads (Prague, 2011), 139—176.
H. Gauthier, Dictionnaire des noms géographiques contenus dans les textes hiéroglyphiques (Paris, 1925).
R. Gautschy, ‘A Reassessment of the Absolute Chronology of the Egyptian New Kingdom and its “Brotherly” Countries’, Egypt and the Levant 24 (2014), 141—158.
N. Grimal, ‘L’offrande d’un vétéran de l’an 16 d’Ḥoremḥeb’, Comptes rendus de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-lettres (Paris) (2018), 319—338.
B. Lagarce-Othman, ‘Un nouveau vase inédit d’Horemheb’, in V. Matoïan and M. al-Maqdissi (eds), Études Ougaritiques III, Ras Shamra–Ougarit XXI (Leuven, 2013), 347—364.
V. Matoïan, ‘Ugarit et l’Égypte: essai d’interprétation de la documentation archéologique et perspectives de la recherche’, in B. Eder and R. Pruzsinszky (eds), Policies of Exchange Political Systems and Modes of Interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd Millenium B.C.E, Proceedings of the International Symposium at the University of Freiburg Institute for Archaeological Studies, 30th May – 2nd June 2012, 2 (Vienna, 2015), 35—84.
J. L. Miller, ‘Amarna Age Chronology and the Identity of Nibḫururiya In the Light of a Newly Reconstructed Hittite Text’, Altorientalische Forschungen 34 (2007), 252—293.
D. B. Redford, ‘New Light on the Asiatic Campaigning of Ḥoremheb’, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 211 (1973), 36—49.
D. B. Redford, ‘A Head-Smiting Scene from the 10th Pylon’, in M. Görg (ed.), Fontes Atque Pontes. Eine Festgrabe für Hellmut Brunner (Wiesbaden, 1983), 362—373.
Z. Simon, ‘Kann Armā mit Haremhab gleichgesetzt werden?’, Altorientalische Forschungen 36 (2009), 340—348.
G. Wilhelm, ‘Muršilis II. Konflikt mit Ägypten und Haremhabs Thronbesteigung’, Die Welt des Orients 39 (2009), 108—116.
J. A. Wilson, ‘Egyptian Historical Texts’, in J. B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement (1978), 227–64.
W. Wreszinski, Atlas zur altaegyptischen Kulturgeschichte (Geneva, 1988).

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172: Horemheb, Wise Like Thoth Nov 01, 2022

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Horemheb's favourite god. Throughout his life, Horemheb commissioned monuments and artefacts that honoured Djehuty (Thoth). As a courtier, then a King, Horemheb showed a certain favour towards this god. Why did he like this god, in particular, and what do these artefacts tell us about Horemheb as a person?

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Logo image: Horemheb as a Scribe, statue in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Read the Hymn to Thoth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Music interludes by Luke Chaos, Hathor Systrum, and Keith Zizza.

Select Bibliography:

N. Allon, Writing, Violence, and the Military: Images of Literacy in Eighteenth dynasty Egypt (1550-1295 BCE). (2019).

B. G. Davies, Egyptian Historical Records of the Later Eighteenth Dynasty, VI (1995).

M. Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume II: The New Kingdom (1976).

W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (1995).

K. Sowada, ‘A Late Eighteenth Dynasty Statue in the Nicholson Museum, Sydney’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 (1994), 137–43.

H. E. Winlock, ‘A Statue of Horemhab before His Accession’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 10 (1924), 1–5.

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