99: Sakhmet's Demons

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 June 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Amunhotep III (Part 9): The Dark Years. Between 1380 and 1370 BCE, Egypt may have suffered an outbreak of disease. In this decade, at least four royal family members died, and the political situation was irrevocably changed. It wasn't all bad, though: around 1380, Queen Tiy went through the difficulties of childbirth and offered a new son to the lineage... Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Select Bibliography: James P. Allen, The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt, 2005. Anne Austin, “Contending with illness in ancient Egypt: A textual and osteological study of health care at Deir el-Medina,” unpublished PhD Thesis (2014) (online) Eric Cline and David O’Connor, Amenhotep III: Perspectives on His Reign, 1998 (Amazon). Theodore M. Davis The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou, 2000 (reprint). Aidan Dodson, Amarna Sunrise, 2014 (Amazon). Aidan Dodson, “Crown Prince Djhutmose and the Royal Sons of the Eighteenth Dynasty,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (1990). Hans Goedicke, “The Canaanite Illness,” Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur (1984). Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon). Arielle P. Kozloff, Amenhotep III: Egypt’s Radiant Pharaoh, 2012 (Amazon). Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan, Egypt’s Dazzling Sun: Amenhotep III and His World, 1992. Kathleen Kuckens, “The Children of Amarna: Disease and Famine in the Time of Akhenaten,” unpublished MA Thesis ( (online) Eva Panagiotakopulu, “Pharaonic Egypt and the Origins of Plague,” Journal of Biogeography (2004). James Quibell, The Tomb of Yuaa and Thuiu, 1908 (archive.org). Donald B. Redford, Akhenaten: The Heretic King, 1984 (Amazon). Josef Wegner, “Tradition and Innovation: the Middle Kingdom,” Egyptian Archaeology, 2010. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.0	The events of this episode are more speculative than usual. The Egyptians preferred not to record bad events when they could avoid it, but traces of evidence suggest
0:46.3	that between 1380 and 1370 BCE, a calamity of some sort hit the Nile Valley.
0:55.1	To keep things manageable, I will go through the bits of evidence in the epilogue.
1:00.0	For now, just know that I'm working with fragmentary and uncertain remains.
1:05.4	With that massive disclaimer out of the way, let's begin. Hello everyone. Welcome back to the History of Egypt Podcast. Episode 99, Sarkmet's Demons. In this episode, Dark Times
1:28.1	fall upon Egypt. Around 1380 BC the land was struck by a calamity, and an outbreak of disease brought suffering
1:37.6	and death on the people of the Nile.
1:40.4	This episode is brought to you by Eric Holmes, whose generosity supported the writing.
1:44.8	Eric, thank you kindly.
1:46.8	May Sobek, Lord of the Primeval Waters, guard you and use his power on your behalf.
1:52.4	The son of Neath, Sobek will protect you from dark magic and overcome all evil.
1:58.0	To everyone listening, please enjoy the story. The year 20, 20 under the majesty of Armunhotep the third, king of Egypt.
2:19.1	Life was good.
2:20.8	In the halls of the royal palace, great wealth was enjoyed by the family of the King.
2:26.0	Throughout the state, the privileged of the land benefited from prosperity.
2:30.8	In the Royal Palace, perhaps at Memphis or the Fayum, the sound of a woman screaming began to echo through the hallways.
2:38.0	It was Queen T, who at the age of 30, was experiencing contractions and going into labour.
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