164: You Must Construct Additional Pylons - Horemheb at Karnak

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

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🗓️ 4 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Horemheb at Karnak (Part 1). Before his ascent, Horemheb had managed building projects for Tutankhamun. Now, as pharaoh, Horemheb went all out. He invested in one of the largest building sprees Karnak would ever see. His monuments continue to define this temple... Episode details: Date: c.1329 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music: Horemheb theme by Luke Chaos. Music interludes by Luke Chaos and Keith Zizza. Logo image: The Tenth Pylon, completed in Horemheb's reign. Photo by Neithsabes, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. See photos of Horemheb’s Pylons (2, 9, and 10) at Wikimedia. Select Bibliography: M. Azim, ‘La structure des pylônes d’Horemheb a Karnak’, Cahiers de Karnak VII (1982), 127—166. Online. M. Azim, ‘Un mât du IXe Pylône au nome d’Horemheb’, Cahiers de Karnak VII (1982), 75—92. Online. E. Blyth, Karnak: Evolution of a Temple (New York, 2006). Digital Karnak, ‘2nd Pylon’, https://digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu/2nd-pylon/ Digital Karnak, ‘9th Pylon’, https://digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu/9th-pylon/ Digital Karnak, ‘10th Pylon’, https://digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu/10th-pylon/ Digital Karnak, ‘Edifice of Amenhotep II’, https://digitalkarnak.ucsc.edu/edifice-of-amenhotep-ii/ J.-C. Goyon and C. Traunecker, ‘La Chapelle de Thot et d’Amon au sud-ouest du lac sacré’, Cahiers de Karnak VII (1982), 355—366. Online. W. R. Johnson, ‘Amenhotep III and Amarna: Some New Considerations’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 82 (1996), 65–82. M. Jordan et al., La porte d’Horemheb au Xe pylône de Karnak (2015). R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz, The Temples of Karnak (1999). E. Sullivan, ‘Karnak: Development of the Temple of Amun-Ra’, in W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2010). The Epigraphic Survey, The Temple of Khonsu Volume 1: Scenes of King Herihor in the Court (1979). Online. C. Van Siclen III, ‘The Edifice of Amenhotep II at Karnak: An Architectural Pious Fraud’, in C. Leblanc and G. Zaki (eds), The Temples of Millions of Years and Royal Power at Thebes in the New Kingdom (Cairo, 2010), 81—89. W. Wreszinski, Atlas zur altaegyptischen Kulturgeschichte (1988). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.0	If you visit Karnak Temple, you'll see the work of many kings.
0:38.0	One pharaoh who deserves our memory is Horumheb.
0:42.0	He's not the most famous ruler, but Horumheb is responsible for many of the monuments you see at the temple.
0:49.0	For example, those enormous pylons, the great towers that mark the entrances of Karnak,
0:56.0	Horumheb built three of them.
0:59.0	He also renovated and remodeled huge areas in the temple's southern precinct.
1:05.0	Today, visitors to Karnak pass by much of Horumheb's work,
1:10.0	but the knowledgeable will notice.
1:27.0	Hello and welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast.
1:33.0	Episode 164.
1:36.0	You must construct additional pylons.
1:39.0	Today, we begin to explore Horumheb's deeds as a ruler.
1:44.0	Specifically, the monuments he commissioned at Karnak,
1:47.0	and how this pharaoh shaped the site we see today.
1:51.0	Horumheb's influence is greater than many realize.
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