The Ancient Egyptian Day of the Dead

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Religious Year (Parts 10-11): the Egyptian Day of the Dead. In the 10th month of the year, Egyptians celebrated the "Beautiful Festival of the Valley," a grand affair similar to today's Day of the Dead or Qingming celebrations. 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. Additional Music by Michael Levy www.ancientlyre.com. Select Bibliography: Anthony J. Spalinger, “Ancient Egyptian Calendars,” in Handbook of Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy, 2015. Emily Teeter, Religion and Ritual in Ancient Egypt, 2011. Richard H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to a history of Egypt podcast mini episode.
0:22.3	Flower festivities.
0:24.1	A look at their 10th and 11th months in the Egyptian civil and religious year.
0:29.3	This was a particularly interesting time of the year,
0:32.0	as the Egyptians put a lot of effort into one mega, serious, grand festival.
0:39.9	Today, we get to look at the Egyptians' Day of the Dead, and along the way, we meet up with a most important god, Harpy, the
0:45.9	Lord of the Nile. Today's episode is brought to you by Marco Luce, who is way overdue for his
0:52.6	shout-out. Marco, thank you for supporting the show.
0:56.2	May Harpy ensure that your crops and gardens grow fruitful
0:59.3	and give you bounties in reflection of your generosity.
1:03.0	To everyone who has made a donation but feels that I might have missed their acknowledgement,
1:07.6	please let me know, and I will correct the oversight as soon as I can.
1:12.0	As always, enjoy the show.
1:22.5	Month number 10.
1:24.4	Coming up towards the finish line, aren't we?
1:26.8	The Egyptians felt so too. As the 10th month
1:30.1	dawned around May, the Egyptians were looking to the past and to the future. The future, because
1:36.5	the Nile flood was just a few months away. The past, because it was time to honour the memory
1:42.0	of their ancestors. Month number 10 was called Pa in Inet, or the one in the valley.
1:49.0	It was the second month in the season of Shemu or harvest.
1:53.3	All across Egypt, farmers were collecting the crops and bringing them into storage at the granaries.
1:59.3	Accountants were busy with their tallies, tax assessors
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