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69: When Pharaohs Met Minoans

69: When Pharaohs Met Minoans

The History of Egypt Podcast

December 19, 20161h 0m

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Show Notes

Foreign Lands, Foreign Peoples. We take a break from the reign of Thutmose III to meet some of Egypt's neighbours. The people of Crete (Keftiu), Cyprus (Alashiya), and Byblos (Kupna / Gubla) made significant contributions to their world. We meet some of them. Oh, and there's a goofy poem at the end...


Select Bibliography:

  • Donald B. Redford, The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III, 2003.
  • Donald B. Redford, Egypt, Canaan and Israel in Ancient Times, 1992.
  • Yannis Galanakis, The Aegean World: A Guide to the Cycladic, Minoan and Mycenean Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum, 2013.
  • Richard A. Gabriel, Thutmose III: A Military Biography, 2009.
  • Shelley Wachsmann, Seagoing Ships and Seamanship in the Bronze Age Levant, 2008 (Google Books).
  • Eric H. Cline & David O’Connor, Thutmose III: A New Biography, 2006.
  • H.R. Hall, “Keftiu and the Peoples of the Sea,” 1902 (JSTOR).
  • J.B. Pritchard, “Syrians as Pictured in the Paintings of the Theban Tombs,” 1951 (JSTOR).
  • M.H. Wiener, “Neo-Palatial Knossos: Rule and Role,” 2007 (malcolmweiner.net – ignore Google Warning, false flag).
  • R. van Dijk, “Bull-Leaping in the Ancient Near East,” 2013 (Academia.edu).

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