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The History of Egypt Podcast

Mini Episode: New Years Festivities

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.82.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

The Religious Year (Part 1): New Year. Welcome to a new series detailing the Egyptians' religious year, the major events and the gods they celebrated. Month number one was called "Tekh," and it heralded several important rituals. There were festivals of the Nile Flood (Hapi), festivals of the blessed dead (Wagy-and-Thoth), and the beginning of a multi-month re-enactment of the legends of the god Osiris. The Egyptians got up to all kinds of shenanigans... Images and Bibliography at https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You must be signed into the same Google account on both your phone and Chromebook. The So, the the Hello and welcome to a history of Egypt podcast mini episode New Year's festivities.

1:01.6

Welcome back. How was your New Year?

1:04.4

I hope it went well, that you did something you enjoyed,

1:07.3

and that you took some time to reflect on what you achieved in 2016,

1:11.7

and what you'd like to achieve in 2017. One thing I want to achieve is a more

1:17.8

comprehensive look at the Egyptian calendar and their year in a religious sense.

1:23.0

It's something I've touched on only briefly,

1:26.0

because until this year I've been running through time periods

1:29.5

that don't leave a wealth of evidence on the subject. Well, now our sources are beginning to multiply,

1:36.2

and I feel I'm at a place in the story where I can tell you something meaningful.

1:41.3

So, for the next 12 months, I'm going to be releasing a new mini episode every month

1:46.4

about the Egyptian religious year festivals dates, or that jazz. Today's little episode takes a look at the all-important first month of the

2:09.1

Egyptian New Year, the month called Tech. Sometimes it's called Thoth or Thoot

2:15.0

depending on the time period you're looking at or the source you're reading,

2:18.0

but the ancient Egyptian term was tech,

2:21.0

which means drunkenness. No explanation needed, I think. This was a time of celebration,

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