55: Kamose vs the Hyksos, Blood & Thunder - Second Intermediate Period (Part 4)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 November 2015

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In 1560 BCE, Seqenenre Tao / Ta'a was dead. Killed in battle, the king's body lay on the field, beaten and bloody. Now, the task of ruling the southern kingdom fell to his wife Ahhotep and his son Kamose. The latter would lead a campaign of reprisal, a bloody raid into the heart of enemy territory... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select bibliography: Garry J. Shaw. “The Death of King Seqenenre Tao.” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 2009. Read online at JSTOR. Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. 2010. Habachi, L. (1972). The Second Stela of Kamose and His Struggle Against the Hyksos Ruler and His Capital. Ian Shaw, Ancient Egyptian Warfare, 2019. William Kelly Simpson (editor). The Literature of Ancient Egypt. Spalinger, A. J. (2021). The Books Behind the Masks: Sources of Warfare Leadership in Ancient Egypt. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466111 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Must remember do not forget
0:08.0	remind me to bring photo ID
0:11.0	reminder set babe can you make sure I don't forget Photo ID. Reminder, set.
0:13.0	Babe, can you make sure I don't forget my photo ID when I vote?
0:17.0	All right, love.
0:20.0	However you remember, you'll need photo ID to vote on the 2nd of May.
0:24.7	Find out more at electoralcommission.org. UK slash voter ID.
0:28.7	One day in 1560 bc.C.E. a king of upper Egypt, Sickenen Ray Tau, was resting on his knees in the dust.
0:39.0	Taken captive by his enemy, the army of the Hicksos.
0:43.2	Sykenonray awaited his execution.
0:45.7	That morning, the 35-year-old man had shaved his stubble,
0:49.6	readyed for war, and gone to battle. Things had gone very, very wrong. The execution, when it came, was brutal. An axe
1:00.1	struck him full in the forehead and another above the right eye. The
1:04.4	half of a spear was used to break his nose and then shatter his left eye socket.
1:09.2	Finally a spear stabbed at his cheeks and when the king had fallen to the ground, another struck behind his ear.
1:17.0	Thus, an anointed king of upper Egypt, representative of the great god Amun Ray and protector of Thebes was murdered. Oh, Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast
1:54.4	episode 55 blood and thunder in this episode the Thebans take revenge on the
2:01.0	Hicksos for the murder of their king and launch an all-out war on the invaders.
2:06.0	Under the leadership of a powerful widow queen and a bold king, the Thebans push hard in their desperate bid for independence.
2:15.6	With contemporary writings telling the story, our knowledge of Egyptian war has never been so clear.
2:22.2	This episode is brought to you by Victor and Miguel. Thank you
2:25.5	guys for your support. I hope you and all my listeners enjoy the show. And then In 1560 B.C.C. E. the city of Thebes was in mourning.
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