143: The Boy King Tutankhamun

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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From baby to boy. For all his fame and glamour, the life of Tut'ankhamun was more difficult than it seems. The young king dealt with physical challenges and a social environment that treated him as an "idea," more than a person. Today, studies of his mummy give us clues at his early life... Date c.1353 – 1343 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Jeffrey Goodman. Music by Ancient Lyric. Music by Keith Zizza. Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh. Select Bibliography: T. Bryce, The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire (London, 2009). V. Cordani, ‘Aziru’s Journey to Egypt and its Chronological Value’, in J. Mynářová (ed.), Egypt and the Near East – The Crossroads (Prague, 2011), 103–16. W. L. Moran, The Amarna Letters (Baltimore, 1992). W. J. Murnane, The Road to Kadesh: A Historical Interpretation of the Battle Reliefs of King Sety I at Karnak (Chicago, 1985). W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995). J. Mynářová, Language of Amarna – Language of Diplomacy: Perspectives on the Amarna Letters (Prague, 2007). J. Mynářová, ‘Egypt Among the Great Powers and Its Relations to the Neighboring Vassal Kingdoms in the Southern Levant According to the Written Evidence’:, in B. Eder and R. Pruzsinszky (eds.), Policies of Exchange Political Systems and Modes of Interaction in the Aegean and the Near East in the 2nd Millenium B.C.E: Proceedings of the International Symposium at the University of Freiburg Institute for Archaeological Studies, 30th May – 2nd June 2012, 2 (2015), 157–66. N. Naʼaman, Canaan in the Second Millennium B.C.E: Collected Essays, Volume 2 (Winona Lake, 2005). A. F. Rainey, The El-Amarna Correspondence: A New Edition of the Cuneiform Letters From the Site of El-Amarna Based On Collations of All Extant Tablets (Leiden, 2015). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	400 years ago, a trio of tiny kingdoms were perched on some damp islands off the coast of Europe.
0:06.0	Within three short centuries, these islands would become the centre of an empire which ruled a quarter
0:10.8	of the globe and on which the sun never set. I'm Samuel Hume, a historian of the British Empire,
0:16.0	and my podcast Pax Britannica follows the people and events that built that empire into a global
0:20.6	superpower. Learn the history of the British Empire by listening to Pax Britannica,
0:25.1	everywhere you find your podcasts, or go to pod.linkslashpax.
0:35.5	This episode includes extended descriptions of skeletons, human remains, and pathology.
0:41.6	We discuss the mummy of Tutankhamun and what it can tell us about his childhood.
0:46.8	In particular, we explore features of Tutankhamun's skull, bones, and infancy.
0:52.7	I realise some listeners may wish to avoid discussion of human remains,
0:57.1	so please bear that in mind and use discretion when listening to this episode. Thank you.
1:12.8	Hello and welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast, episode 143, The Boy King.
1:28.7	A look at the childhood of King Tutankhamun. Thanks to the preservation of his tomb and his mummy,
1:35.2	we can examine aspects of his early life. Today, we introduce the childhood of Tutankhamun.
1:42.4	What his mummy tells us about his early experiences. This podcast comes to you on behalf of Jesse,
1:49.6	Angela, and Laura, who generously support the show as overseers on Patreon. Friends, you are
1:56.2	too kind. Your gifts bring all good things and help sustain the cycle of Mahat. May this episode
2:03.5	bring you joy. To everyone listening, thank you for joining me, on with the story.
2:16.5	The year was approximately 1338 BCE. Reignal year 6 under the majesty of Tutankhamun,
2:24.7	the son of Ra, the king of southern and northern Egypt. Tutankhamun was about 15 years old,
2:32.3	give or take. So he was a teenager, physically maturing, and leaving his childhood behind.
2:39.2	These days, the world knows Tutankhamun as the boy king, a child emperor ruling the greatest
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