The History of Egypt Podcast

155: The Queen's Gambit

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A difficult decision. Events in this period are murky. But if Ankhesenamun was the "Daḫamunzu" of Hittite record, then her attempt to find a new husband (of royal blood) had failed. So, she would have to accept a "servant." Whom would she choose?


Episode Details:

  • Chapter 2 begins 00:24:10
  • Date: c. 1334 BCE (debated).
  • King: none (hopefully just temporary).
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  • Music: Keith Zizza https://www.keithzizza.net/.
  • Music: Ancient Lyric http://www.bettinajoydeguzman.com/.
  • Music interludes: Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos.
  • Music at 25:10, "Shine for the Show," via Pond5 (licensed).
  • Misc audio clips via YouTube users Sound Effects King and Saraschan Stienwongnusa.

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    Select Bibliography:

    • T. R. Bryce, ‘The Death of Niphururiya and Its Aftermath’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), 97–105.
    • A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017).
    • M. Gabolde, D’Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon (Paris, 1998).
    • M. Gabolde, ‘L’ADN de la famille royale amarnienne et les sources égyptiennes’, Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne 6 (2013), 177–203.
    • M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).
    • Z. Hawass et al., ‘Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun’s Family’, JAMA 303 (2010), 638–47.
    • N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
    • J. L. Miller, ‘Amarna Age Chronology and the Identity of Nibxururiya in the Light of a Newly Reconstructed Hittite Text’, Altorientalische Forschungen 34 (2007), 252–93.
    • P. E. Newberry, ‘King Ay, the Successor of Tut’ankhamūn’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18 (1932), 50–2.
    • N. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996).
    • J. Romer, Valley of the Kings (London, 1981).
    • O. Schaden, ‘The God’s Father Ay’, PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota (1977).
    • A. R. Schulman, ‘The Berlin “Trauerrelief” (No. 12411) and Some Officials of Tutʿankhamūn and Ay’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 4 (1965), 55–68.

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