155: Ankhensenmun, The Queen's Gambit

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

A difficult decision. Events in this period are murky. But if Ankhesenamun was the "Daḫamunzu" of Hittite record, then her attempt to find a new husband (of royal blood) had failed. So, she would have to accept a "servant." Whom would she choose? Chapter 2 begins 00:24:10 Episode Details: Date: c. 1334 BCE (debated). King: none (hopefully just temporary). Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music: Keith Zizza https://www.keithzizza.net/. Music: Ancient Lyric http://www.bettinajoydeguzman.com/. Music interludes: Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/Luke_Chaos. Music at 25:10, "Shine for the Show," via Pond5 (licensed). Misc audio clips via YouTube users Sound Effects King and Saraschan Stienwongnusa. Select Bibliography: T. R. Bryce, ‘The Death of Niphururiya and Its Aftermath’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 76 (1990), 97–105. A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, Cairo, 2017). M. Gabolde, D’Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon (Paris, 1998). M. Gabolde, ‘L’ADN de la famille royale amarnienne et les sources égyptiennes’, Égypte nilotique et méditerranéenne 6 (2013), 177–203. M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (Paris, 2015). Z. Hawass et al., ‘Ancestry and Pathology in King Tutankhamun’s Family’, JAMA 303 (2010), 638–47. N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005). J. L. Miller, ‘Amarna Age Chronology and the Identity of Nibxururiya in the Light of a Newly Reconstructed Hittite Text’, Altorientalische Forschungen 34 (2007), 252–93. P. E. Newberry, ‘King Ay, the Successor of Tut’ankhamūn’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 18 (1932), 50–2. N. Reeves and R. H. Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings (London, 1996). J. Romer, Valley of the Kings (London, 1981). O. Schaden, ‘The God’s Father Ay’, PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota (1977). 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello folks, Dominic here.
0:06.6	Before we begin, a quick heads up.
0:09.3	The first half of this episode is kind of a reset.
0:12.5	The topic I am about to discuss, Tutankhamun's successor in the political situation when
0:17.0	he died, is complicated, and scholars have their own interpretations of the evidence.
0:22.8	Also, some historians are currently revisiting some of the material, and it's quite likely
0:28.2	that Egyptologists will have new perspectives over the next couple of years.
0:33.2	That makes it tricky for me.
0:35.1	My discussion and conclusions are based on current thinking, but I will probably need to
0:40.5	revisit this episode sooner rather than later.
0:44.5	To keep things flexible, I'm going to separate this episode into two parts.
0:48.8	First, we cover what has happened recently, and what we know about the major players,
0:54.5	and how all of it fits together.
0:57.4	Then in chapter 2, we will resume our narrative.
1:01.4	If you don't need a refresher, if you are on top of the main story, feel free to skip
1:06.1	the first half.
1:07.4	There is a time code in the description, if you want to do that.
1:10.6	Otherwise, I hope you enjoy the show.
1:23.0	Salamu alaikum, peace be upon you.
1:25.6	Welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast, episode 155, The Queen's Gambit.
1:32.5	Today, we cover a shadowy, vague situation.
1:36.5	The death of King Tutankhamun left a vacuum in the royal family.
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