The History of Egypt Podcast - Dominic Perry

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Technology of the Pyramid Age with Dr. Martin Odler (Part 1) Mar 04, 2014

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Recorded 2021. Dr. Martin Odler is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, at Charles University in Prague. He studies the tools and objects that Egyptians used to build their famous monuments. Martin has worked on many excavations, and his research has added greatly to our knowledge of technology. He sat down with me to discuss this work, and the insights we can gain from ancient tools and metals.

Learn more about Dr. Odler on Academia.edu, on Twitter, and buy his book Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools (2016) available from Archaeopress and all good booksellers.

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24b: Decline and Fall of the Old Kingdom (Part 2) Mar 04, 2014

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Why did it all go so wrong? We’ve explored the historical overview of Old Kingdom decline; but what was driving it? There are three major factors that caused this fall. Two originate in the climate, the third comes from the political structure of the kingdom and its society. From the deserts of Sahara to the depths of the Nile, we uncover the causes of decline…

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Logo image: The “Starving Bedouin” from the Pyramid of Unas. Photo by Sarah Murray.

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24a: Decline & Fall of the Old Kingdom (Part 1) Mar 03, 2014

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Why did the Old Kingdom disappear? Was it an overnight "collapse," or something more long term? In this episode, and the next, we explore the question in overview. This chapter focusses on the historical sources including King Lists, Classical authors like Herodotos and Manetho, and the fragmentary evidence for some of the "shadow kings" of this period…

Chronology and Historical Studies:

Overview of all sources and scholarship at Pharaoh.se.

M. Baud, ‘The Relative Chronology of Dynasties 6 and 8’, in E. Hornung et al. (eds), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (2006), 144—158. Available in pdf at Digital Giza.

J. von Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999).

W. Helck, ‘Anmerkungen zum Turiner Königspapyrus’, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 19 (1992), 150–216. English translation available at Pharaoh.se.

R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (2013). Available at Internet Archive.

K. Ryholt, ‘The Turin King-List’, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant 14 (2004), 135—155.

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24a: Decline and Fall of the Old Kingdom (Part 1) Mar 03, 2014

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Why did the Old Kingdom disappear? Was it an overnight "collapse," or something more long term? In this episode, and the next, we explore the question in overview. This episode focusses on the historical sources including King Lists, Classical authors like Herodotos and Manetho, and the fragmentary evidence for some of the "shadow kings" of this period…

Chronology and Historical Studies:

Overview of all sources and scholarship at Pharaoh.se.
M. Baud, ‘The Relative Chronology of Dynasties 6 and 8’, in E. Hornung et al. (eds), Ancient Egyptian Chronology (2006), 144—158. Available in pdf at Digital Giza.
J. von Beckerath, Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen (1999).
W. Helck, ‘Anmerkungen zum Turiner Königspapyrus’, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 19 (1992), 150–216. English translation available at Pharaoh.se.
R. J. Leprohon, The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary (2013). Available at Internet Archive.
K. Ryholt, ‘The Turin King-List’, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant 14 (2004), 135—155.

The History of Egypt Podcast:

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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Episode 23: Children of Pepy Dec 30, 2013

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A Long, Long Reign. King Pepy ruled more than sixty years, by some estimates. In his later years, this long reign was becoming an issue. The aging monarch was losing influence, and his children were dying before he did...

Date c. 2240 - 2220 BCE.
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Toby H. Wilkinson, The Egyptian World, 2007.
Fekri A. Hassan, “Droughts, Famine and the Collapse of the Old Kingdom: Re-reading Ipuwer,” in The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt – Essays in Honor of David B. O’Connor, 2007.
Juan Carlos Moreno García (editor), Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013 (Sample Article).
The University of Chicago – Tell Edfu Project.
Saqqara.nl – The Pyramid of Pepy II.
Swiss Archaeological Mission, Sudan – Kerma.

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23: The Children of Pepy Nov 24, 2013

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Date c. 2240 - 2220 BCE.
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Fekri A. Hassan, “Droughts, Famine and the Collapse of the Old Kingdom: Re-reading Ipuwer,” in The Archaeology of Ancient Egypt – Essays in Honor of David B. O’Connor, 2007.

Juan Carlos Moreno García (editor), Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013.

Romer, J. (2012). A History of Ancient Egypt Volume I: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid.

Wilkinson, T. (2010). The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra.

The University of Chicago – Tell Edfu Project.

Saqqara.nl – The Pyramid of Pepy II.

Swiss Archaeological Mission, Sudan – Kerma.

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22: Pepy Lives (Last Flowering of the Old Kingdom) Nov 04, 2013

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Ruling the World. King Pepy ruled long and his authority reached far and wide. To understand Egyptian society in this period, we must meet the important families (nobility) who served Pepy, and see how their actions shape our understanding of history...

Date c.2260 - 2240 BCE.
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Deborah Vischak, Community and Identity in Ancient Egypt: The Old Kingdom Cemetery at Qubbet el-Hawa, 2014: 225-238.

Romer, J. (2012). A History of Ancient Egypt Volume I: From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid.

William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994.

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21: Pepy II, Child-King Oct 21, 2013

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Around 2285 BCE, a new ruler came to power. King Pepy II was a little boy, just six years old. His reign would be one of the longest, and most impactful, in the Old Kingdom...

Date c.2285 - 2260 BCE.
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Ian Shaw (editor), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2004.

William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994.

Ancient Egypt Online – Pepy II.

National Geographic – Pyramid of Pepy II.

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20: Expeditions and Explorers Oct 07, 2013

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The Great Explorer. Around 2300 BCE, King Pepy I died. His successor was a man named Mer-en-Re ("Beloved of Re"). In this period, the explorer Weni the Elder continued his travels, now going far south into Sudan on missions for the King...

Date c.2300 BCE.
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Kelsey Museum Newsletter – ⁠Abydos and the Tomb of Weni the Elder⁠.

Davis, S. L., & Richards, J. (2020). Weni Rediscovered: An International Team Comes Together to Offer a Fresh Look at an Ancient Life. Scribe, 6, 8--15. OEB.

Eyre, C. J. (1994). Weni’s career and Old Kingdom historiography. In C. Eyre, A. Leahy, & L. M. Leahy (Eds.), The unbroken reed: Studies in the culture and heritage of ancient Egypt in honour of A. F. Shore (pp. 107–124). Egypt Exploration Society.

Renée Friedman, Egypt and Nubia: Gifts of the Desert, 2002.

William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

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19: The Beloved of Re, Pepy Sep 23, 2013

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Pepy and Weni the Elder (Part 1). Around 2355 BCE, King Pepy I came to power. The new king had trouble establishing his authority, and he had to deal with the effects of his predecessor Teti's murder. Along the way, Pepy even had to deal with a conspiracy against himself...

Date c. 2550 - 2540 BCE.

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Naguib Kanawati, Conspiracies in the Egyptian Palace, 2011.

Nigel Strudwick, Texts from the Pyramid Age, 2005 (Google Books).

William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

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