63: Hatshepsut's Excellent Adventure (The Great Expedition to Punt)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2016

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In 1488 BCE, King Hatshepsut launched her most famous project. A fleet of ships sailed down the Red Sea coast, in order to visit the land of Punt. There, they gathered trade goods, and met some truly fascinating locals... Date c.1488 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Follow us on social media www.facebook.com/egyptpodcast and www.twitter.com/egyptianpodcast. Select Bibliography: Ian Shaw (ed.), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2000. Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would Be King, 2014. Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994. James H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, 1906. Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2006. Catherine A. Roehrig (editor), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh, 2005. Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari, vols. V and VI, 1906. Betsy M. Bryan (editor), Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut, 2014. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	dot com. History. Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast, the history of Egypt.
0:49.0	Episode 63, Hut Shepsut's excellent adventure.
0:53.0	Wherein, our current monarch, Maat-Kal-Ray Hat Shepsut,
0:57.0	launches her greatest public spectacle,
0:59.0	and her most famous achievement.
1:01.0	This episode is brought you by Brian Harries, Joshua Perry and
1:05.0	Michael Whittree. Thank you for your support folks. Please enjoy the show. If you are
1:09.5	enjoying the podcast and think it is worth a dollar or two to help with server costs.
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1:18.2	Your donation will help us cover server hosting and research costs
1:21.8	and we are grateful for all assistance. The year is 1488 B.C.E.
1:35.0	approximately, being the seventh Reginal year of Tutmos III, the seventh Reginal
1:40.6	year of Hat Shepsut's Regency, and the first year of her out and out kingship.
1:45.3	Sounds confusing, right? The reason is simple. Hat Shepsut never instituted her own Regnal
1:51.8	dates, at least not formally.
1:54.3	Behind the scenes she certainly did, and we'll get into that in an episode or two.
1:58.4	But as far as the general population and the official calendars were concerned.
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