84b: The Royal Mummy Cache in Amunhotep's Tomb

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Around 1440 BCE, Egyptians were carving the burial monument of Amunhotep II in the Valley of the Kings. In 1898 CE, a group of excavators were uncovering the edifice once more. In a dual narrative, we explore the design, construction and discovery of a most remarkable tomb... 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. Additional Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com. Select Bibliography: Erik Hornung, The Valley of the Kings, 1990. Erik Hornung, The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife, 1999. C.N. Reeves, Richard Wilkinson, The Complete Valley of the Kings, 1996. Peter der Manuelian, Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II, 1989. Elliot Smith, The Royal Mummies, 1912. Theban Mapping Project – Tomb of Amunhotep II Narmer.pl – The Royal Cache Egypt, Land of Eternity – The Royal Cache Theban Royal Mummy Project – The Mummies of Dynasty 18 Egyptian Monuments – Tomb of Amunhotep II Saint Louis University – The KV35 Cache Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	dot com. History. Hello and welcome to the History of Egypt podcast episode 84 B into the Tomb.
0:58.6	Today we are looking at the hidden monument of Amun Hotep the second, which was the scene of a remarkable discovery during the heyday of early Egyptology.
1:08.6	In a dual narrative, we explore the construction of this tomb in parallel with its discovery, and we'll see how the Egyptians of the past created a royal monument and how the Egyptians of the modern age stumbled across it.
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