170: Horemheb and Ramesses

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Mother is Sweet, Born of the Sun. In the second half of Horemheb’s reign, Egypt’s Queen died in childbirth. Subsequently, pharaoh chose one of his servants, Paramessu (Ramesses) as a successor. This choice arguably established the 19th royal Dynasty. Why did Horemheb do this? Episode details: Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Intro music: Keith Zizza. Interlude sounds and Outro music: Luke Chaos. Additional research by Elissa Day. See Geoffrey Martin discussing the discovery of Horemheb's Saqqara tomb at the Associated Press (1975). Select Bibliography: G. Brunton, ‘The Inner Sarcophagus of Prince Ramessu from Medinet Habu’, Annales du Services des Antiquités de l’Egypte 43 (1943), 133—156. G. Brunton and R. Engelbach, Gurob (1927). E. Cruz-Uribe, ‘The Father of Ramses I: OI 11456’, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 37 (1978), 237–44. A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2017). W. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary (London, 2005). G. T. Martin, ‘Excavations at the Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, 1977: Preliminary Report’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 64 (1978), 5–9. G. T. Martin, The Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, Commander-in-Chief of Tutʻankhamūn, 1 (1989). G. T. Martin, Tutankhamun’s Regent: Scenes and Texts from the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb (2016). G. T. Martin, ‘Bestower and the Recipient: On a Controversial Scene in the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb’, in C. Demarée et al. (eds), Imaging and Imagining the Memphite Necropolis: Liber Amicorum René van Walsem (2017), 47—56. D. Polz, ‘Die Särge des (Pa-)Ramessu’, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo 42 (1986), 145—166. E. Strouhal, ‘Queen Mutnodjmet at Memphis: Anthropological and Paleopathological Evidence’, L’Egyptologie en 1979 II (1982), 317—322. E. Strouhal, The Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, Commander-in-Chief of Tutʻankhamūn IV: Human Skeletal Remains (2008). E. Strouhal and V. G. Callender, ‘A Profile of Queen Mutnodjmet’, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 3 (1992), 67—75. J. van Dijk, ‘Horemheb and the Struggle for the Throne of Tutankhamun’, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 7 (1996), 29—42. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we begin, an important note.
0:07.2	This episode marks the introduction of my research assistant, Alyssa.
0:11.6	More on that at the History of Egypt podcast.
0:32.9	Episode 170.
0:35.2	The mother is sweet, born of the sun. Today we reach a transition point, a mini-intermediate
0:43.8	period. Egypt's ruling household faces a challenge, as King Hormheb fails to produce an heir.
0:51.8	The price of his attempts is high, and his response is intriguing.
0:58.6	This episode comes to you on behalf of Eric from Nierbeek, James from Mahopach, and Julian from Vienna.
1:06.4	These fine folks donated to the podcast, for which I am most grateful.
1:12.9	Julian, James, Eric,
1:19.8	Dunker, thank you, and bedunked. May your rivers and lakes enjoy the brightest sunshine that Ra can offer. May you enjoy health and happiness. To everyone listening, thank you for joining me.
1:30.2	Let's explore a significant transition.
1:45.6	Our story begins in 1975.
1:51.6	As the last quarter of the 20th century began, intriguing discoveries were underway.
1:58.0	At the necropolis of Sakara, archaeologists had relocated the tomb of Hormheb.
2:03.7	This is the pre-royal tomb, a monument he commissioned back when he was an official,
2:10.8	not a pharaoh. The tomb was known previously, and blocks of stone bearing its art had made their way to many European museums. But the monument itself had temporarily disappeared, as the wind-blown sand came in from
2:21.8	the Sahara and covered it up. Then a breakthrough, as a team led by Jeffrey Martin relocated the
2:30.2	monument, and they began to clear it. Over the seasons, a great deal of new information emerged.
2:37.1	The discovery and excavation far exceeded the archaeologist's initial expectations.
2:43.6	Speaking to the Associated Press just after the find, Jeffrey Martin said that one of the things
2:49.4	he most hoped to find was information about
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