187: The Abydos King List

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Sety in Abydos (Part 2). Having toured the first part of Sety’s Temple at Abydos, we continue our exploration. Today, we discuss one of the monument’s most famous features: a King List, presenting a (supposedly) uninterrupted record of rulers up to Sety’s day. In truth, the Abydos King List is complex, with omissions and inclusions that don’t quite match scholars’ archaeological and historical information. What was Sety trying to achieve, with this curious feature? We explore… This is part 2 in our tour of the temple. We have already visited the Hypostyle Halls, Seven Chapels, and Osiris Complex. In future episodes, we will discuss the Osireion, the secondary features of the monument, and the known priests/staff who managed it. Images: Full-colour reproduction of the Abydos King List at Wonderful Things Art. Use checkout code EGYPTPODCAST for 30% off your order when purchasing 3-or-more items! Logo image by Wonderful Things Art. A.M. Calverley, The Temple of Sethos I at Abydos, 4 volumes, open access via Chicago University Publications. Wikimedia: Category: Temple of Seti I in Abydos. Flickr.com: Kairoinfo4u. Flickr.com: Heidi Kontkanen. Details and sources: Read the Abydos King List at Wikipedia and Pharaoh.se. Date: c. 1300 BCE—1292 BCE (temple unfinished at Sety I death). Music intro and interludes: Luke Chaos. Music interludes and outro: Keith Zizza. Sistrum interludes: Tahya / Hathor Systrum. Texts: Kenneth Kitchen's Ramesside Inscriptions volume 1. Hieroglyph versions at Internet Archive, English translations at Abercromby Press. Texts: Full texts of the temple, including transliteration and translation: Rosalie David, Temple Ritual at Abydos (2018) at Egypt Exploration Society. Peter Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh, out now from Lockwood Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:36.7	In this episode we're going to be discussing the Arbedos King List, an important historical
0:41.9	record that appears at the Temple of City I in Arbedos.
0:46.7	If you want to read along, you can find the King List on Wikipedia or at the website
0:51.5	pharo.se.
0:53.5	There are links to these websites in the episode's description.
0:56.5	Thanks for listening.
1:00.0	Salamu Alaykum and welcome back to the history of Egypt podcast, episode 187, City in
1:15.1	Arbedos, part 2.
1:17.5	Today we continue our journey through City's magnificent temple in the holy city of Arbedos.
1:24.0	We have already visited the outer portions of the monument, including the modern experience
1:28.8	when you visit it as a tourist.
1:30.7	We have gone through the hypo style halls, where city appears before the gods and they bless
1:36.2	the king and give offerings to him and ensure the prosperity of Egypt.
1:41.4	We have visited the Seven Chapples, a unique feature of city's temple in which rather
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