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32: The Repeating of Births

32: The Repeating of Births

The History of Egypt Podcast

July 28, 201425m 46s

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Show Notes

Amenemhat I (Part 1): A Self-Made King. Around 1990 BCE, a new King took power. His name was Amun-em-Hat ("Amun in the Forefront"). First things first, he had to justify his unusual accession...


Select Bibliography:

  • Dorothea Arnold, “Amenemhat I and the Early Twelfth Dynasty at Thebes,” Metropolitan Museum of Art Journal, 1991.
  • Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, 2006.
  • Wolfram Grajetzki. Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. 2009.
  • Gay Robins. The Art of Ancient Egypt. 2008.

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