94: Amunhotep III & The Pools of Horus

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2018

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Amunhotep III (Part 5): Exploring the Southlands. In late 1397 BCE, King Amunhotep III took a band of warriors deep into Nubia (Sudan). They traversed deserts, explored hidden pools, and came to mysterious lands. It was a trip into strange new places... 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. Special music by Doug Metzger, of Literature and History podcast at www.literatureandhistory.com. Select bibliography: The Sudan Antiquities Service French Archaeological Unit website The Sudan Archaeological Research Society website Charles Bonnet, “Upper Nubia from 3000 to 1000 BC,” in W.V. Davies (editor), Egypt and Africa: Nubia from Prehistory to Islam, 1991. P.L. Shinnie, “Trade Routes of the Ancient Sudan 3,000 BC – AD 350,” in W.V. Davies (editor), Egypt and Africa: Nubia from Prehistory to Islam, 1991. Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012. Stuart Tyson Smith, Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundaries in Egypt’s Nubian Empire, 2003. Lazlo Török, Between Two Worlds: The Frontier Region between Ancient Nubia and Egypt 3700 BC – 500 AD, 2008. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:09.4	You can find American biography online or wherever you get your podcasts. The Hello and welcome back to the History of Egypt Podcast episode 94 The Pools of Horace. Podcast Nubia. We'll cross deserts, visit sacred mountains and explore mysterious lands.
1:56.4	It is a journey beyond the horizon, led by the Pharaoh himself.
2:01.1	Today's episode is brought to by Natchiket Karnak and Irene San Pietro. Thank you kindly for your support.
2:08.0	May Knum who resides in Nubia and Amun who is Lord of Napata bless your travels and your deeds. To everyone, please enjoy
2:17.3	the show. The year was 1397 B.C. It was the last days of August or the start of September, approximately.
2:37.0	The Egyptian summer was receding. The Nile flood was beginning to pick up.
2:42.0	The waters rose high on the river and the air
2:45.1	was cooled by the breeze. In the middle of Nubia an army of the Pharaoh was at
2:50.8	work. It was now the fifth Reginal year under the majesty of Neb Maadre
2:57.0	Amunhotepe the third, the living Horace, king of upper and lower Egypt and ruler of all he surveyed.
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