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Amunhotep III (Part 13): Foreign Wives and Magnificent Tiye
By 1366 BCE, Amunhotep was on top of the world: foreign kings begged his friendship and they were willing to pay (beautifully) to get it. Meanwhile, Queen Tiye enjoyed an unprecedented level of parity with her husband, expressed quite publicly in grand monuments...
Time period: c.1366 BCE
Kings: Amunhotep III, Tushratta of Mitanni
Notable sites: Kingdom of Mitanni, Waset (Thebes), Bubastis
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Amunhotep III (Part 13): Foreign Wives and Magnificent Tiye
By 1366 BCE, Amunhotep was on top of the world: foreign kings begged his friendship and they were willing to pay (beautifully) to get it. Meanwhile, Queen Tiye enjoyed an unprecedented level of parity with her husband, expressed quite publicly in grand monuments...
Time period: c.1366 BCE
Kings: Amunhotep III, Tushratta of Mitanni
Notable sites: Kingdom of Mitanni, Waset (Thebes), Bubastis
Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
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Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com
Select Bibliography:
Trevor Bryce, Ancient Syria, 2014.
Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014.
Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of ancient Egypt, 2010.
Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012.
Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992.
Marc van de Mieroop, A History of the Ancient Near East ca. 3000 – 323 BC, 2016.
William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters:, 1992.
David O’Connor and Eric Cline (eds.) Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 2001.
Joyce Tyldesley, Nefertiti: Egypt’s Sun Queen, 1998.
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