71: Thirty-Two Years Old, Thirty Years of Rule

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2017

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Thutmose III (Part 6): The Sed-Festival. Three years before the Mitanni Campaign (Episode 70), Thutmose celebrated his first jubilee. To do that, he needed a new monument, a few gods, and the ancient equivalent of a baseball bat... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: J.G. Griffiths, “The Costume and Insignia of the King in the Sed-Festival,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 1955 (JSTOR). E.P. Uphill, “A Joint Sed-Festival of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 1961 (JSTOR). E.P. Uphill, “The Egyptian Sed-Festival Rites,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 1965 (JSTOR). A. Spalinger, “A Remark on Renewal,” Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 1990 (JSTOR). A. Spalinger, “The Festival Structure of Thutmose III’s Buto Stele,” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 1996 (JSTOR). Lana Troy, “Religion and Cult during the Time of Thutmose III,” in Thutmose III: A New Biography 2006. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast, episode 71, 32 and 30.
0:19.2	Tuttmos III celebrates a major milestone and his people work hard to complete an impressive monument.
0:25.6	Finally, we encounter what may be one of the earliest examples ever of baseball.
0:31.8	This episode is brought you by Katriana Anderson, Christoph Mandy and Claire Baldwin.
0:37.4	Thank you for your support and your feedback, guys.
0:39.8	I hope it continues to meet your expectations.
0:42.9	At the end of episode 70, our story paused in Reginal Year 33 of Tadmos III.
0:49.8	Today, we have to rewind slightly.
0:52.7	This episode takes place in Regnall Year 30, 1465 BCE. It is a cool pre-dawn morning in December.
1:18.6	We are gathered in the city of Thebes.
1:21.3	The sky is dark, but lightning into pink as the sun approaches the horizon.
1:26.4	The air is cold, and this close to the River Nile,
1:29.7	there is a damp dew on the ground. You and I have come to a courtyard in the great enclosure
1:35.8	of the Karnak Temple. In a space set aside specifically for this occasion, a throng of well-dressed
1:42.6	Egyptians have gathered. They are men and women, priests,
1:46.8	priestsesses, officials, nobles and courtiers. Their clothes are pristine, white, folded linen.
1:54.1	Their bodies are freshly cleaned for the occasion. Their jewelry glints in the light of flame
1:59.5	torches.
2:06.3	Above the throng, the skyline is dominated by the towering edifices of Karnak Temple.
2:15.7	Huge sandstone pylons, towering obelisks, and formidable walls enclosing sanctuaries that have stood for decades, even centuries.
2:18.3	It is a formidable scene. The city seems to sleep under the gaze of these monuments.
2:22.3	We stand before a particularly impressive edifice, a huge rectangular temple of sandstone.
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