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March 2025 Q&A
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- Mar 31, 2025
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- 2845
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Summary
This episode’s conversation delves into the role of music and rituals in ancient Egypt, the mysterious artifacts held by Egyptian statues, and the evidence for ancient Egyptian coups compared to modern political tensions. Awakening of the Gods - Mythvison * Galczynski & Price (2023). “Fashioning Sensescapes through Ancient Egyptian Dress” in Textiles in Motion. Dress for Dance in the Ancient World * Harper’s Songs * Dance in ancient Egypt * “ The Daily Offering Meal in the Ritual of Amenhotep I: An Instance of the Local Adaptation of Cult Liturgy ,” co-authored with J. Brett McClain, Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 5, 41-79 (2005). What are the things the statues hold?! * Fischer, Henry G. 1975. An elusive shape within the fisted hands of Egyptian statues. Metropolitan Museum Journal 10, 9-21. Political Turmoil in Ancient Egypt * Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World * Conspiracies in ancient Egypt * Teti “assassination” mentioned in Manetho * Pepi I Harem issues mentioned in the Autobiography of Weni * Amenemhat I's “assassination” mentioned in the Tale of Sinuhe and The Instructions of Amenemhat * Ramses III Harem Conspiracy In year 30, third month of Inundation, day 7, the god attained his horizon, the King of Upper and Lower Egypt Sehetepebre. He flew to heaven and was united with the sun's disk [i.e. he died]; the flesh of the god was merged in him, who made him. Then was the Residence hushed; hearts were filled with mourning; the Great Portals were closed; the courtiers crouched head on lap; the people grieved. Now His Majesty had dispatched an army to the land of the Temhi, and his eldest son [Senwosret I] was the captain thereof, the good god Sesostris. Even now he was returning, having carried away captives of the Tehenu an…