{"podcast":{"title":"The History of Egypt Podcast","slug":"the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522","podcast_index_feed_id":436522,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML1519631706","website_url":"https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/7f77b9bc-b6f6-11ed-8eb6-6b5f270b4f7b/image/a137fbdc5b879ae4a13d9fa427cd75aa.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Dominic Perry","episode_count":370,"summary":"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.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T22:17:58.926977+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522"},"episode":{"title":"238: Merneptah Seizes Canaan (feat. A Tribe Called Israel)","slug":"238-merneptah-seizes-canaan-feat-a-tribe-called-israel","published_at":"2026-07-27T11:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/238-merneptah-seizes-canaan-feat-a-tribe-called-israel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522","url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1943917010.mp3","audio_url":"https://tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/mgln.ai/e/211/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML1943917010.mp3","summary":"Merneptah started his reign aggressively, striking a belligerent tone in his royal names and launching an expedition to Canaan in the first few years. In the process, his troops captured Ashkelon, Gezer, and Yenoam, and dealt with a tribe called \"Israel.\" Simultaneously, Merneptah achieved a great diplomatic coup when we brought Ugarit back into the Egyptian sphere. Music by Keith Zizza & Luke Chaos. Video version available at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast Merneptah General Dodson, A. (2016). Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty (Revised edn). Iskander, S. (2002). The Reign of Merneptah [Unpublished PhD. Thesis]. Kitchen, K. A. (1987). The Titularies of the Ramesside Kings as Expression of their Ideal Kingship. Annales Du Service Des Antiquités de l’Égypte, 71, 131--141. Servajean, F. (2014). Mérenptah et la fin de la XIXe dynastie. Sourouzian, H. (1989). Les Monuments du roi Merenptah. Canaan, Ugarit, Proto-Israelites (Summary) Cline, E. H. (2021). 1177 B.C. The Year Civilization Collapsed (Revised edn). Dever, W. G. (2017). Beyond the texts: An archaeological portrait of ancient Israel and Judah. Hasel, M. G. (1998). Domination & Resistance: Egyptian Military Activity in the Southern Levant, ca. 1300-1185 BC. Higginbotham, C. R. (2000). Egyptianization and Elite Emulation in Ramesside Palestine: Governance and Accommodation on the Imperial Periphery. Kahn, D. (2024). The order of Merenptah’s reliefs at the Cour de la Cachette, Karnak and its implications. JSSEA, 51, 15-43 online. Killebrew, A. E. (2020). Early Israel’s Origins, Settlement, and Ethnogenesis. In B. E. Kelle & B. A. Strawn (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible (pp. 79--93). https://www.academia.edu/101675394/Early_Israels_Origins_Settl…","meta_description":"Merneptah started his reign aggressively, striking a belligerent tone in his royal names and launching an expedition to Canaan in the first few years. In…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2120,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/episodes/238-merneptah-seizes-canaan-feat-a-tribe-called-israel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-history-of-egypt-podcast-436522/238-merneptah-seizes-canaan-feat-a-tribe-called-israel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}