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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

The Religious Year (Part 1): New Year.

Welcome to a new series detailing the Egyptians' religious year, the major events and the gods they celebrated. Month number one was called "Tekh," and it heralded several important rituals. There were festivals of the Nile Flood (Hapi), festivals of the blessed dead (Wagy-and-Thoth), and the beginning of a multi-month re-enactment of the legends of the god Osiris. The Egyptians got up to all kinds of shenanigans...

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Select Bibliography:

Katherine Eaton, “Monthly Lunar Festivals in the Mortuary Realm,” 2011 (JSTOR).

William C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, 1959.

Antony Leahy, “The Osiris ‘Bed’ Reconsidered,” 1977 (JSTOR).

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

Anthony Spalinger, “The Limitations of Formal Ancient Egyptian Religion,” 1998 (JSTOR).

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

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Mini Episode: New Years Festivities

Question: What does "Pharaoh" mean?

A quick look at the word "Pharaoh:" what it means, how it came about, and why I very rarely use it in the Podcast (until now).

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Mini Episode: The First Pharaohs

Inauguration: Choosing and Crowning an Egyptian Ruler.

A shameless tie-in with current events: we explore the way a ruler of Egypt was chosen and crowned, which could be more complicated than you might expect...

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Select Bibliography:

Lana Troy, “Religion and Cult During the Time of Thutmose III,” in Thutmose III: A New Biography, 2006 (Google Books).

Alan Gardiner, “The Coronation of King Haremhab” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1953.

Militza Matthiew, “A Note on the Coronation Rites in Ancient Egypt,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1930.

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Mini Episode: Inauguration Day

Thutmose III (Part 6): The Sed-Festival.

Three years before the Mitanni Campaign (Episode 70), Thutmose celebrated his first jubilee. To do that, he needed a new monument, a few gods, and the ancient equivalent of a baseball bat...

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

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Select Bibliography:

J.G. Griffiths, “The Costume and Insignia of the King in the Sed-Festival,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1955 (JSTOR).

E.P. Uphill, “A Joint Sed-Festival of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1961 (JSTOR).

E.P. Uphill, “The Egyptian Sed-Festival Rites,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1965 (JSTOR).

A. Spalinger, “A Remark on Renewal,” Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 1990 (JSTOR).

A. Spalinger, “The Festival Structure of Thutmose III’s Buto Stele,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 1996 (JSTOR).

Lana Troy, “Religion and Cult during the Time of Thutmose III,” in Thutmose III: A New Biography 2006.

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71: Thirty-Two and Thirty

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

New Year, New Home. My wife and I are moving to the UK in February 2025. How will this improve / affect the podcast? Details inside.
Next livestream: “How to Make Your Own Tomb,” based on the artists’ tombs at Deir el-Medina. Held on YouTube live: https://youtube.com/live/500MMqMUlH8. 
Date and time zone conversion:
Auckland: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 at 9:00 a.m. NZDT
Sydney: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 at 7:00 a.m. AEDT
Cairo: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 10:00 p.m. EET
Berlin: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 9:00 p.m. CET
London: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 8:00 p.m. GMT
New York: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 3:00 p.m. EST
Chicago: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 2:00 p.m. CST
Los Angeles: Sat, 28 Dec 2024 at 12:00 Noon PST
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Wepet Renpet, Next Livestream, Moving to a New Country

Livestream recording. The tombs of Deir el-Medina are some of the most vibrant and beautiful in Waset (Thebes). How did they build them, which artists decorated them, and how did folk like Sennedjem pay for the construction and furnishing?
Video version available at Patreon, with extended artistic discussion.
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
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Intro music by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. 
Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
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200: How to Make Your Own Tomb

Hathor's temple at Dendera is one of the best in Egypt. Constructed in the late 1st Millennium BCE (but with roots stretching back to the Old Kingdom), Hathor’s house preserves amazing art, hieroglyphs, and secrets. It is a temple that today’s guest, José M. Barrera, devoted a great deal of energy to documenting. The result is a wonderful study of Hathor’s celestial realm…

See José's amazing photography of Dendera's ceiling and learn more about his book Dendera: The Temple of Time (2024) at his website: https://josemariabarrera.com/dendera/

See the video version of this interview at https://youtu.be/7xjUzTcRMH0

Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
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Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
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Dendera: Temple of Time with José M. Barrera

The Book of the Sky Cow. In the waning years of the 18th Dynasty (the reign of Tut’ankhamun) royal artisans began decorating tombs and funerary equipment with a new text. Sometimes known as “The Destruction of Mankind,” the book tells of a distant age, when Ra ruled on earth. But as the sun-god aged, a group of humans perceived his weakness, and plotted rebellion. Faced with an uprising, Ra marshalled his supporters and sent forth an enforcer. The goddess Hat-Hor (and her alter ego Sakhmet) began to wreak havoc upon the lowly, wayward humans…

The Book of the Sky Cow:

Part I and Part II, and the Shrines of Tutankhamun, available in Piankoff, The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon. Available at Internet Archive Open Access. 

Part I and Part II available in Simpson, The Literature of Ancient Egypt, pages 289—298. Available at Internet Archive Open Access.

Part I (the Rebellion) available in Lichtheim Ancient Egyptian Literature Volume II: The New Kingdom. Available at Academia.edu.

The History of Egypt Podcast:
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.
Music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
Music and interludes by Luke Chaos www.chaosmusick.com.
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201: When Hathor Destroyed the World (The Book of the Sky Cow)

The Place of Beauties (Ta-Set-Neferu). In the reigns of Ramesses I and Sety I (c.1304—1292 BCE), the Valley of the Queens finally earned its moniker. Having been a burial ground for royal children and courtiers, the wadi south of Deir el-Medina now began to host ruling women. In the days of Sety I, the Queen Mother Sitra and the Queen Tuya both received new tomb constructions in this site. Their monuments include evocative passages from the Book of the Dead (Chapter 17), and hints of the wonders to come in future generations…

Tombs discussed in this episode:

Princess Iah-Mes / Ahmose: Museo Egizio, Turin and Theban Mapping Project.

Queen Sitra: Theban Mapping Project.

Queen Tuya: Theban Mapping Project.

Queen Nefertari: Theban Mapping Project and digital reconstruction at Nefertari Tomb.

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202: A Valley of the Queens & The Womb of Hathor

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