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Dominic Perry

Ancient Egypt, from Creation to Cleopatra. This podcast tells the story of pharaonic Egypt "in their own words." Using archaeology, ancient texts, and up-to-date scholarship, we uncover the world of the Nile Valley and its people. Hosted on the Airwave Media Network.

The History of Egypt Podcast

SOLD OUT FOR 2025. 
It's time to visit Egypt again. In November 2025, we are doing a 9-day visit to Luxor for the "Glories of Thebes!" Starting in Cairo (with the GEM) we head south to visit the Valley of the Kings, Memorial Temples, Deir el-Medina, Abydos, Karnak, and so much more.

Note: Future tour groups will be smaller than previous years (because I don't have to travel so far, from NZ, anymore). Places are limited, so get in touch!

If you're interested and want to add extra days in Cairo for pyramids, Saqqara, etc, let AWT know in your contact email. Things can always be arranged!

Logo image: Scene from the tomb of Thutmose III, which we visit on a special permit.

The November tour is now sold out. Please stay tuned for future trips!
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Who Wants to Visit Egypt? November 2025 Tour Announcement

After a reign of approximately eleven years, the Horus Men-Ma’at-Ra (Sety I) passed to the west. He died in reasonably good health, and studies of his mummy reveal a tall, physically robust individual. So, what killed him? We explore these questions, and the history of his Memorial Temple, where the King’s body lay in state ready for burial…

Music by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com.
Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
Music by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
Additional music “Sety’s Funeral” by Ihab Mahna https://www.instagram.com/imahna/. 
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204: Sety's Last Journey

News from the Field (2025) Part 2. The past excavation
season has been extraordinarily productive. Beyond the new royal tomb of
Thutmose II we also have a SECOND royal tomb, at Abydos! The Grand Egyptian
Museum is finally opening in full. And archaeological teams throughout the land
have uncovered wonderful things. We also remember some prominent scholars who
passed away recently. 

Chapter times and links to discovery reports with photos:
00:22 – New tombs at Asasif https://southasasif.wordpress.com/2024/11/01/discovery-announcement/.
02:21 – New tombs at Dra Abu Naga https://www.facebook.com/tourismandantiq/posts/pfbid02eqYh7RAiCqrxxDir9Pvbhu4YV1samnfLLtdJUfgNqvNbF6mVHWYkMGHTWixL7efjl
04:31 – Hatshepsut’s Valley Temple discoveries https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/538198.aspx
09:08 – Karnak Treasure Hoard https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/541255.aspx
10:50 – New tombs at Saqqara https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/537986.aspx
12:29 – Bastet Tooth, ancient predator https://www.sci.news/paleontology/bastetodon-syrtos-13673.html
and https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2024.2442472
13:52 – Gold Mines in the Eastern Desert https://www.facebook.com/luxortimesmagazine/posts/pfbid024ATNP7GsdFwC35EgngA7Ys51MrwjrzsMPvPMXkty4oMt1SLC46g1tmRBVSEfpyXEl
15:28 – The Grand Egyptian Museum OPENING https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/1238/539361/Egypt/Tourism/A-world-gem-Grand-Egyptian-Museum-set-for-grand-op.aspx
20:18 – Obituaries 2024 & 2025.
31:24 – Breaking News: New Royal Tomb at Abydos https://www.egyptindependent.com/royal-cemetery-from-second-intermediate-period-and-pottery-workshop-discovered-in-sohag/
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Another Royal Tomb! Abydos | Hatshepsut | Bastet Tooth and more discoveries

Sety’s royal burial. Valley of the Kings tomb 17 (KV17) came to light in October 1817. Discovered by a team of Egyptian workers, employed by Giovanni Belzoni, the tomb is the most beautiful, and one of the largest, in the entire Valley.
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Learn more about KV17:
3D Tour by Mused: https://mused.com/tours/926/tomb-of-seti-i-valley-of-the-kings/
Theban Mapping Project https://thebanmappingproject.com/tombs/kv-17-sety-i
Photos: Kairoinfo4u via https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157687439529835/
KV17 at Wikimedia https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:KV17
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205: Sety I and the Finest Royal Tomb

Ramesses had a lot to plan for, in his first year of rule (c.1292 BCE). Staying in Waset / Luxor, the new pharaoh began building work on his tomb (KV7) and his memorial temple (The Ramesseum). Archaeological records testify to both of these projects. Then, the King immortalised his late father, the Osiris Sety I, in scenes of worship at Karnak. Finally, Ramesses left Waset, heading north; but he stopped at Abdju / Abydos on his way. There to commune with Osiris (Sety) once more, and to address some glaring issues...
Chapters:
00:00 Building KV7 and the Ramesseum
04:55 Ramesses celebrates the Opet Festival
12:15 Ramesses honours Sety at Karnak
17:32 Ramesses at Abydos and the "Great Abydos Dedication" text
39:18 Summary and Conclusion
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207: Ramesses II Shadow of Two Fathers

The Religious Year (Parts 10-11): the Egyptian Day of the Dead.

In the 10th month of the year, Egyptians celebrated the "Beautiful Festival of the Valley," a grand affair similar to today's Day of the Dead or Qingming celebrations.

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Additional Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com.

Select Bibliography:

Anthony J. Spalinger, “Ancient Egyptian Calendars,” in Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, 2015.

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

Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003.

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Mini Episode: Flower Festivities

Interlude: Two Princes Clash.

In 1418 BCE, Egypt momentarily lacks a pharaoh. Two sons of the crown go head to head, in a duel to be the next ruler. Who wins? Only the Sphinx knows...

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Select Bibliography:

Hutan Ashrafian, “Familial epilepsy in the pharaohs of ancient Egypt’s eighteenth dynasty,” 2012.

Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994.

James E. Harris, “The Identification of the Eighteenth Dynasty Royal Mummies: A Biological Perspective,” 1991.

Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1987.

Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2000.

J.J. Shirley, The Culture of Officialdom, 2005.

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85: A Clash of Princes

Thutmose IV (Part 1): Old Enemies Become New Friends.

1418 - 1416 BCE. The new pharaoh spends his first two years involved in political reprisals and military actions. He removes rivals, but also makes friends with some longstanding enemies...

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Music by Derek and Brandon Fiechter https://dbfiechter.bandcamp.com/

Select Bibliography:

Betsy M. Bryan, The Reign of Thutmose IV, 1991.

Raphael Giveon, “Thutmosis IV and Asia,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1969 (JSTOR).

Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994.

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86: Doing God's Work

Livestream recording. The village of Deir el-Medina first arose in the 18th Dynasty (c.1550—1310 BCE), but the historical records really multiply in the 19th and 20th Dynasties (c.1310—1070 BCE). In this livestream recording, I set the scene for the village and introduce you to some of its inhabitants. We explore houses and families, and a couple of intact tombs that shed light on the inhabitants…
Video version available at https://www.patreon.com/posts/livestream-deir-117598390.
Deir el-Medina Village

Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/excavations-at-the-village-temple-and-chapels/?photo=C00949

Kairo info4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157615031342678/

Wikimedia: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Deir_el-Medina

TT1 Sennedjem and Family

Kairoinfo4u: https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157645191206615/

Metropolitan Museum of Art: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?q=sennedjem&geolocation=Thebes&sortBy=AccessionNumber&showOnly=withImage

TT8 Tomb of Kha & Merit

Museo Egizio excavation photos: https://archiviofotografico.museoegizio.it/en/archive/theban-region/deir-el-medina/tt8-tomb-and-chapel-of-kha-and-merit/?photo=C02053

Museo Egizio objects collection https://collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/search/?action=s&provenance=Deir%20el-Medina%20%2f%20tomb%20of%20Kha%20(TT8)

The History of Egypt Podcast:

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Intro music by Ihab.

Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.

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198b: The Tomb Builders in the Age of Sety I

Sety’s final campaign. In winter of year 8 (approx. December 1296 BCE), the King of Egypt Sety I received news: rebellion in the south. In a land called Irem, now in modern Sudan, locals were resisting Egypt’s monarch. Sety gathered an army of infantry and chariots and set off to war. The story is told by Egyptians participating in the event, and by monuments erected to commemorate it…
Logo image: Captive Nubians in distinctive clothing, accompanied by cattle. From TT40, the tomb of Amunhotep Huy, reign of Tutankhamun, by Kairoinfo4u https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157665011702090/.
See the temple of Beit el-Wali at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Temple_of_Beit_el-Wali
Music by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com.
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
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199: The Winter War

Amarna (Part 4): Raising a City in Haste.

When Akhenaten demanded a new royal residence (Akhet-Aten), it fell to countless labourers, overseers and donkeys to gather the material needed for the city. Archaeologists scouring the landscape of Akhet-Aten and its neighbourhood have found a great deal of evidence for stone quarrying, ancient road networks, and even the rudimentary concrete used to strengthen buildings...

Date. c.1357 BCE

King: Akhenaten (Nefer-kheperu-Re Wa-en-Re)

Queen: Nefertiti (Nefer-neferu-Aten)

Location: Amarna (Akhet-Aten)

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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com.

Select Bibliography:

Barry Kemp, The City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Amarna and Its People, 2012.

W.M. Flinders Petrie, Tell el Amarna, 1894.

James A. Harrell, “Amarna gypsite: A new source of gypsum for ancient Egypt,” Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports (2016). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.031

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115b: Building Quickly

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