92: The Great Lady (Queen Tiye)

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Amunhotep III (Part 3): Introducing Queen Tiye. In 1399 BCE, the pharaoh Amunhotep III married his first and most important wife: Tiye, Royal Wife, Great of Praises, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt. Just twelve years old, the young queen would go on to be the most powerful woman in the world... 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: Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010. Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014. Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012. David O’Connor and Eric Cline (editors), Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 1998. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	As a long time foreign correspondent, I've worked in lots of places, but nowhere is important
0:07.0	to the world as China.
0:09.2	I'm Jane Perlaz, former Beijing Bureau Chief for the New York Times.
0:13.0	Join me on my new podcast, Face Off, US versus China,
0:18.0	where I'll take you behind the scenes in the tumultuous US-China relationship.
0:23.0	Find face-off wherever you get your podcasts. The Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt Podcast.
0:54.2	Episode 92, The Great Lady.
0:57.8	Today we meet one of Egypt's most enduring names,
1:01.8	the Queen T, Lady of the Two Lands, Great of Praises, Wife of Armun Hoteb the Third.
1:09.3	Queen T will be a major force in royal politics, courtly life and Egyptian social change over the next few decades and episodes.
1:18.8	She is arguably the most important queen in Egyptian history, and I am excited to introduce her.
1:25.0	Today's episode is brought to you by Sandra Spires who sponsored the production single-handedly.
1:31.0	Sandra, thank you for your generosity.
1:34.0	May ISIS, the great lady who is cleverer than all other gods and mistress of magic, protect
1:40.0	your kingdom.
1:41.0	To everyone listening, please enjoy the show. The year was 1399 bc.
1:56.6	around June.
2:00.0	around June.
2:01.0	King Armunhotep the 3rd, Neb Maatre had been in power for approximately 13 months.
2:08.7	The first year had passed smoothly and the foundations were laid for a prosperous reign. But it is a truth
2:15.2	universally acknowledged that a single king in possession of a good kingdom
2:20.1	must be in need of a queen. And so it was with Amunhotip.
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