83: The Brat Pack
Amunhotep II (Part 5): How to Make Friends and Rule the Nile Valley.
September 11, 201735m 5s
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Amunhotep II (Part 5): How to Make Friends and Rule the Nile Valley.
The pharaoh Amunhotep II has a reputation for cronyism: he put his childhood friends into positions of power, and removed trusted officials from office at a whim. Does he deserve this reputation? We go in search of an answer, exploring the lives of some noteworthy men who rose to prominence in this time...
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Select Bibliography:
- Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1987.
- M. Eaton-Krauss, “The Fate of Sennefer and Senetnay at Karnak and in the Valley of the Kings,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1999.
- JJ Shirley, “Crisis and Restructuring of the State: From the End of the Middle Kingdom to the Advent of the Ramesses,” in Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013.
- JJ Shirley, The Culture of Officialdom: An examination of the acquisition of offices during the mid-18th Dynasty, PhD Thesis, 2005.
- Osiris.net – the Tomb of Sen-nefer (TT96).
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