64: Beloved Uncle, Senenmut

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2016

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Hatshepsut's Trusted Advisor. As Hatshepsut's power grew, so did that of Senenmut. A royal courtier, Senenmut found his career accelerating in tandem with the new King. In this episode, we follow Senenmut from his early upbringing to the corridors of power, and his victory over his rivals... Date c.1495-1485 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: Maat-ka-Re.de – ⁠Senenmut⁠ Digital Karnak – ⁠The Obelisks of Hatshepsut/Senenmut⁠ SLU.edu – ⁠Senmut⁠ Ancient Egypt Online – ⁠Neferure⁠ Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would Be King, 2014. Dorman, P. F. (1988). The Monuments of Senenmut. Dorman, P. F. (1991). The Tombs of Senenmut. Dorman, P. F. (2005a). The career of Senenmut. In C. A. Keller, C. H. Roehrig, & R. Dreyfus (Eds.), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh (pp. 107–109). Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Keller, C. A. (2005). The statuary of Senenmut. In C. A. Keller, C. H. Roehrig, & R. Dreyfus (Eds.), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh (pp. 117–119). Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Martín Valentín, F. J., & Bedman, T. (2011). New considerations regarding Senenmut’s TT353 at Deir el Bahari. KMT, 22(3), 58–74. Roehrig, C. H. (2005). Senenmut, royal tutor to princess Neferure. In C. A. Keller, C. H. Roehrig, & R. Dreyfus (Eds.), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh (pp. 112–113). Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press. Edward F. Wente, “Some Graffiti of the Reign of Hatshepsut,” 1984, ⁠read online⁠. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.2	buy now at Samsung.com. Hello and welcome back to the Egyptian history podcast, the history of Egypt.
0:45.0	Episode 64, Beloved Uncle,
0:48.0	in which we meet one of the most important men in Hut Shepsut's regime,
0:52.0	tutor, builder, and maybe secret lover of the king.
0:56.7	These are the life and times of Senenmut.
1:00.0	This episode is funded and brought to you by Hesham Abu al-Ata, Kimberly Griffiths and Bernard Mukenfus.
1:06.6	Thank you so much for your support folks.
1:08.7	Please enjoy the show. Today's story mostly takes place between 1495 and 1485 b.C.E.
1:25.0	Being Reginal years 1 to 10 of Tautmos the 3rd, King of Upper and Lower Egypt,
1:30.0	and Maat-Kareh hat Shep-Sepseut, King of Upper and Lower Egypt.
1:34.0	Sen and Moot's life began before 1495 and ended after 1480,
1:39.4	so what you hear today is merely the highlights from his life, the period in which we have the most detail.
1:45.0	Our story begins.
1:48.0	Sen and Moot was born around 1515 or 1510 B.C. in a town called I Yunu-Montu or Armand. It was about 20 kilometers south of Thebes, out of the way, quiet, and not very important. The same went for Sin and Moot's family. He was not
2:05.5	born into great wealth or power. His family was of minor nobility at best, not
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