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Better with Pepsi Max. Welcome to the Egyptian history podcast, episode 27, a walk in the desert.

Having returned from archaeological work in the Sudan, I am now back into writing and producing new episodes,

and hope to produce a solid new episode every two weeks or so.

With my master's thesis out of the way, this should be an easier prospect,

and I'm confident I will produce new content in a far more regular pattern

than has been the case presently. With that out of the way, let's

return to the story of Egypt with a brief overlook of first intermediate period

art and then a more substantial discussion of Montu Hotep the Second's great monumental

construction at Thebes. The first intermediate period has ended or more accurately. The House of Intif stands victorious over a united

or, more accurately, it is now coming to its final stages.

The House of Intif stands victorious over a united Egypt, with their rivals, the House of Kettie,

a mere shadow in the sands of the Nile Valley.

Looking back on this time a period of some 200 years, which we have covered in just three episodes,

it goes without saying that a lot of detail has been missed.

This is partly the limitations of history podcasting, but also partly the nature of the period

itself.

The lack of a strong central authority

means that monuments and inscriptions and written papyrus archives

...