80: Servant of Great Gods

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Amunhotep II (Part 4): Worshiping the Sphinx. Before he became king, Amunhotep II made a promise to embellish and restore monuments on the Giza Plateau. Once Pharaoh, he fulfilled his promise beautifully. As he did so, he introduced a new chapter in Egypt's religious history... Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com Check out http://www.agorapodcastnetwork.com/ for more great podcasts from the Agora Network Images and Bibliography at https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/2017/07/31/episode-80-servant-of-great-gods/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:23.8	your phone and Chromebook. Hello, welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast episode 80 servant of great gods.
0:48.4	This is part four in our look at the life and reign of Amunhotep the second. Today we take a look at Amunhotep's unusual choices of religious worship.
0:59.2	The king had a fondness for gods who were different from other ones. They were different because two of them
1:06.1	were not even Egyptian and one of them went by the name of the Great Sphinx. Today's episode is brought to you by Natalia Kisanin, Dennis Nardin, and David Lindenbach.
1:18.0	Thank you for your support folks. Please enjoy the show.
1:32.8	The year is approximately 1430 BC,.30 bc. Being Reginal year 14 of King Amunhotep the second, Lord of the two lands. Before he became king, Amunhoteip II had spent his days in carefree pursuits.
1:46.0	One of these, which I recounted a few episodes ago, saw the prince going on a chariot ride through the city of Memphis and visiting the Giza Plateau.
1:56.8	He went out to Giza to look upon the great pyramids of Kufu and Kaffray, pyramids which were now 1200-plus years old.
2:05.9	He rode up to these monuments, including the Great Sphinx, and he gazed upon the work of
2:11.1	Kings now long dead. While he was there, Amunhotep had allegedly conceived a
2:17.8	vision of his destiny. Quote, the prince would spend time at Giza leading his horses around and observing the excellence of the pyramids of Kings Kufu and Kaffray that justified.
2:31.0	His heart desired to make their names live, but he kept this to himself, until there
2:38.2	would occur that which his father Ray had decreed for him. As a prince, Armon Houghtip had imagined a plan for the Giza
2:46.8	Necropolis. Now that he was king, he put that plan into action.
2:52.6	In his first decade on the throne, Armon Hotep the second ordered the construction of a new
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