56c: A Royal Funeral

How to Bury a King. Around 1530 BCE, King Ahmose I died. With his death and burial, the Second Intermediate Period ended and the New Kingdom began. We explore the funeral of a truly great monarch...

Date c. 1530 BCE.

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Select Bibliography:

Emily Teeter. Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt. 2011.

Steven Snape. Ancient Egyptian Tombs: the Culture of Life and Death. 2011. Google Books.

Aidan Dodson. “The Burials of Ahmose I” in Studies in Honor of Kent R. Weeks. 2010.

Edward F. Wente. “Who Was Who Among the Royal Mummies.” 1995. Read for Free Here. Follow-up discussion by the same author here.

University College London website – The Opening of the Mouth.

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Release date

Lydbog: 21. december 2015