78: The Duties of the Vizier

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Amunhotep II (Part 2): The Pharaoh's Aide. In 1440 BCE, a servant of Pharaoh inscribed his tomb with a remarkable text detailing every aspect of his job. What was life like, for one of Egypt's most important officials? Images and Bibliography at https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2017/06/18/episode-77-the-duties-of-the-vizier/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.2	buy now at Samsung.com. 1. Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt Podcast episode 78 the duties of the Vizier.
0:53.4	Today we start to dig deep into the administration and government
0:57.7	of one of Egypt's most well-recorded kings.
1:00.8	We do this through the life of a man who has left an amazing testimony from the period,
1:06.2	one of Egypt's highest officials. It's a deep dive into material I often don't get to cover.
1:12.0	I'm excited to share it with you.
1:14.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Brandon Flick, Marco Loose and Christopher Bulger.
1:20.0	Gents, thank you for your support. This episode is for you. Let me paint you a picture. It is morning a summer's day on the banks of the river Nile.
1:37.0	A large river boat is tied up at the dock. The boat is made of papyrus, reeds lashed together in bundles and then
1:45.2	tied together to form a large water-boyant boat. In the middle a wooden mast
1:50.6	supports a large sail. To either side, rowing oars are ready to go.
1:56.0	On the riverbank, servants carry bundles of goods, sweating in the growing heat of the morning.
2:01.6	Their muscles strain, they step carefully up the gangplank, and they carefully
2:05.4	load their bundles on the deck of the ship. Stacked up on the boards are baskets of foodstuffs,
2:11.6	boxes of clothing, and a number of carefully prepared and wrapped bundles.
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