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159b: Everytime Ay Die

The History of Egypt Podcast

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.

Dominic Perry

Criminal Intent. In 1331 BCE (maybe later), King Ay went to his rest. The burial was poor: a few trinkets, a sarcophagus, and not much else. The King did not have a glamorous end. Then, years later, something worse happened. A team of vandals broke into the tomb and violated the burial. These agents were organised and methodical. They hacked away at hieroglyphs, removing Ay’s names. They damaged his body, and images of the King. They even attacked some of the gods, carefully removing ritual images. Clearly, someone had a problem with King Ay, and the crime left its clues… Episode details:<ul><li>Date: c.1331 / 1330 BCE, and a few decades/centuries later.</li><li>King: Kheper-kheperu-Ra, the God’s Father Ay.</li><li>Logo: Erasures on the wrists of Nut, Lady of the Sky, as she offers nyny (welcome) to King Ay. Photo by R. Wilkinson (2011). Image upscaled, cropped, and edited for clarity.</li><li>Music: “The Mummy’s Tomb,” by <a href="https://www.patreon.com/tabletopaudio" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tabletop Audio</a>. Used with permission.</li><li>Music: Sistrum sound effect by Hathor Systrum <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/60ef4820d9e6df2b913195e6/episodes/61dba333afa6910012b140b5/www.hathorsystrum.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.hathorsystrum.com</a>. Used with permission.</li><li>Music: Interludes by Luke Chaos <a href="https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos</a>.</li><li>Photos: To see high-quality photos of Ay’s tomb, visit Kairoinfo4u on <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/manna4u/albums/72157642115903165" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Flickr.com</a>.</li></ul> Select References:<ul><li>A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, 2017). <a href="https://aucpress.com/product/amarna-sunset-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">AUC Press</a>.</li><li>M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (2015). <a href="https://www.editions-pygmalion.fr/toutankhamon/9782756409900" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PYGMALION Press</a>.</li><li>W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (1995).</li><li>O. Schaden, ‘The God’s Father Ay’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, University of Minnesota (1977).</li><li>O. J. Schaden, ‘Clearance of the Tomb of King Ay (WV-23)’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 21 (1984), 39–64. <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/40000956" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">JSTOR online</a>.</li><li>R. H. Wilkinson, ‘Controlled Damage: The Mechanics and Micro-History of the Damnatio Memoriae Carried Out in KV-23, the Tomb of Ay’, Journal of Egyptian History 4 (2011), 129–47. <a href="https://brill.com/view/journals/jeh/4/1/article-p129_6.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BRILL online</a>.</li></ul> <hr> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.

Double death. King Ay suffered badly in the afterlife. His funeral, in 1331 BCE, was poor; and a few decades/centuries later, vandals broke into his tomb. They ransacked the monument, attacked the King's images, and erased his names. The attack was brutal but methodical. Why did this happen?

Episode Details

 Date c.1331 BCE and a few decades / centuries later.

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 Logo image: Erasures on the wrists of Nut, Lady of the Sky, as she offers nyny (welcome) to King Ay. Photo by Dominic Perry, 2022.

 Music: “The Mummy’s Tomb,” by Tabletop Audio. Used with permission.

 Music: Sistrum sound effect by Hathor Systrum www.hathorsystrum.com. Used with permission.

 Music: Interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos.

 

Select Bibliography:

B. G. Davies, Egyptian Historical Records of the Later Eighteenth Dynasty, VI (Warminster, 1995).

A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017). AUC Press.

M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015). PYGMALION Press.

N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).

W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).

O. Schaden, ‘The God’s Father Ay’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, University of Minnesota (1977).

O. J. Schaden, ‘Clearance of the Tomb of King Ay (WV-23)’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 21 (1984), 39–64. JSTOR online.

R. H. Wilkinson, ‘Controlled Damage: The Mechanics and Micro-History of the Damnatio Memoriae Carried Out in KV-23, the Tomb of Ay’, Journal of Egyptian History 4 (2011), 129–47. BRILL online.
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