83: Amunhotep II & The Brat Pack

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Amunhotep II (Part 5): How to Make Friends and Rule the Nile Valley. The pharaoh Amunhotep II has a reputation for cronyism: he put his childhood friends into positions of power, and removed trusted officials from office at a whim. Does he deserve this reputation? We go in search of an answer, exploring the lives of some noteworthy men who rose to prominence in this time... See photos of the tomb of Sennefer (TT96, aka "Tomb of the Vineyards" on Wikimedia Commons. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1987. M. Eaton-Krauss, “The Fate of Sennefer and Senetnay at Karnak and in the Valley of the Kings,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 1999. JJ Shirley, “Crisis and Restructuring of the State: From the End of the Middle Kingdom to the Advent of the Ramesses,” in Ancient Egyptian Administration, 2013. JJ Shirley, The Culture of Officialdom: An examination of the acquisition of offices during the mid-18th Dynasty, PhD Thesis, 2005. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Would you'll like to relax or fall asleep while learning about history?
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0:31.0	dot com. History. Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt Podcast episode 83 the Brat Pack.
0:47.0	Today we return to the historical narrative for our penultimate chapter in the life and times of Amunhotep the second, king of Egypt.
0:56.0	We explore the king's upbringing at the palace and how the lessons that he learned there and the friends that he made helped to shape his policy during
1:05.1	his time on the throne.
1:06.8	From the Palace of Memphis to the Valley of the Kings, we are exploring a group of very influential people.
1:14.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Heli Antilly,
1:17.0	Rebecca Whitney, and Allison Thomas.
1:19.6	Thank you kindly for your support.
1:21.7	May Sark Met grant you her strength. The year was 1424 b.C. E.
1:37.0	Armun Hotep the second was celebrating his 10th year on the throne of Egypt.
1:41.0	He was 28 years old and after years of campaigning,
1:45.3	monument building and administrative practice he was now well accustomed to his
1:50.4	power and his responsibilities. He was able to govern effectively because he was
1:55.6	trained in the art of rule and because he was surrounded by men experienced in the
2:01.0	use of power. In particular,
2:03.6	Armun-Hote-Second was surrounded by men with whom he had grown up at the Royal Court,
2:08.8	men he had known since childhood. In ancient Egypt a Pharaoh spent their childhood years in a wide variety
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