Mini: Chief of the Medjay

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In the city of Akhet-Aten (Amarna) a small tomb hides a noteworthy story. Here, we find the life and work of a police officer. Mahu, Chief of the Medjay in Akhet-Aten, managed the guards who patrolled the Horizon of Aten. Mahu, and his troops, were responsible for guarding the outposts and apprehending fugitives. Possibly, they were also involved in criminal punishments. Some of those practices were quite cruel… Date c. 1357-1343 BCE, Images and references at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com, Support the Show at www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast, Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com, Music by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	You escaped a war?
0:02.0	I hadn't a whip.
0:03.0	A Paramount Plus new original series.
0:05.0	How many former slaves have had the same fortune that you have?
0:09.0	Starring David Eelloo, Donald Donald Sutherland and Dennis Quaid.
0:12.9	He thinks he can handle the weight of the badge.
0:15.6	I'm no, I can.
0:16.7	Well, let's make it official.
0:18.1	New original series.
0:19.8	I'm Bass Weaves, and I'm the Lord this land.
0:22.8	Lorman Bask Reeves.
0:24.5	Stream new episodes every Sunday on Paramount Plus.
0:27.6	Teas and sees apply.
0:28.5	Subscription required 18 plus. Hello everyone and welcome to a history of Egypt mini episode. This is Chief of the
0:49.0	Magi. The story of a police officer living in the reign of Arkanaten, who helped to secure the Pharaoh city.
0:57.2	This is the tale of Mahu, Chief of the Magi in the town of Aakit Ait-A-Tin.
1:07.0	When Akenaten, Pharaoh of Egypt, decided to relocate his royal residence, he chose an out-of-the-way location in the middle of the country.
1:19.0	Aquette Aet Aet, the horizon of Aitin, was virgin territory, so to speak.
1:26.0	There were no temples, no major settlements, and no cemeteries to connect the site with any
1:31.9	preexisting dynasty, religious institution or population.
1:36.1	Aquette Ait Ait was a new city. Of course this came with its own problems.
1:43.0	The new settlement was lacking in some basic infrastructure,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dominic Perry, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dominic Perry and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.