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160: Succession Crisis? Horemheb Purges His Rivals

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

Inheritance and vengeance. King Ay had his own plans for the succession. He promoted his relative, Nakht-Min, to great power and prominence. But when Ay died, Nakhtmin found himself at odds with Egypt's mighty general, Horemheb. What would happen, to the feuding leaders? Episode details:<ul><li>Date: c.1330 BCE (approximate).</li><li>References at <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/60ef4820d9e6df2b913195e6/episodes/www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com</a>.</li><li>Support the show at <a href="https://open.acast.com/shows/60ef4820d9e6df2b913195e6/episodes/www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast</a>.</li><li>Music: Keith Zizza <a href="http://www.keithzizza.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.keithzizza.net</a>. </li><li>Music interludes: Luke Chaos <a href="https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos</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.

Inheritance and vengeance. King Ay had his own plans for the succession. He promoted his relative, Nakht-Min, to great power and prominence. But when Ay died, Nakhtmin found himself at odds with Egypt's mighty general, Horemheb. What would happen, to the feuding leaders?

Episode details:

 Date: c.1330 BCE (approximate).

 Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.

 Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.

 Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. 

 Music: Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net.

 Music interludes: Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos.

Select Bibliography:

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

M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015).

N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD.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

N. Kawai, ‘Ay versus Horemheb: The Political Situation in the Late Eighteenth Dynasty Revisited’, Leiden, The Netherlands Journal of Egyptian History 3 (2010), 261–92.

N. Kawai, ‘The Time of Tutankhamun: What New Evidence Reveals’, Scribe: The Magazine of the American Research Center in Egypt Spring 2022 (2022), 44–53.

A. R. Schulman, ‘Excursus on the “Military Officer” Nakhtmin’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 3 (1964), 124–6.

A. R. Schulman, ‘Some Observations on the Military Background of the Amarna Period’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 3 (1964), 51–69.

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.

J. Van Dijk, ‘Horemheb and the Struggle for the Throne of Tutankhamen’, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 7 (1996), 29—42.
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