The Ramessids Rule, with Prof. Peter Brand

The History of Egypt

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Peter Brand (Part 2): Ramesses I and Sety I. The start of Egypt's 19th Dynasty saw two significant reigns. Ramesses I, though short-lived, established a new regime and legacy. His son, Sety I, confirmed that legacy and expanded it magnificently. In this interview, Prof. Peter Brand continues his conversation about the early Ramessids. How they legitimized their rule, how they differed from their predecessors, and how they responded to recent political events (e.g. the Amarna Period). Dr. Peter Brand is Associate Professor at The University of Memphis (Tennessee, USA). He completed his PhD. in 1998 studying The Monuments of Sety I. In 2023, he has published an enormous study of the Ramesside era: Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh. A long-needed and beautifully written study of this reign in the big picture, Prof. Brand's book is a lively and beautifully presented work that will become a "standard reference" for Ramessid enthusiasts. Dr. Peter Brand at The University of Memphis. Peter Brand at Academia.edu. Peter Brand's new book, Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh at Lockwood Press. Peter Brand's book The Monuments of Sety I (2000) free pdf copy on Academia. Peter Brand (et al), The Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, Vols. 2-3, free pdf copies at Chicago Oriental Institute. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Music by Luke Chaos. Music interludes by Keith Zizza and Hathor Systrum. Select Bibliography: P. Brand, ‘Secondary Restorations in the Post-Amarna Period’, Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 36 (1999), 113–34. P. Brand, ‘Reuse and Restoration’, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (2010). P. J. Brand, ‘The Monuments of Seti I and Their Historical Significance: Epigraphic, Historical and Art Historical Analysis’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, University of Toronto (1998). P. J. Brand, The Monuments of Seti I: Epigraphic, Historical and Art Historical Analysis (Leiden, 2000). P. J. Brand, ‘Usurpation of Monuments’, in W. Wendrich (ed.), UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (Los Angeles, 2010). P. J. Brand, Ramesses II: Egypt’s Ultimate Pharaoh (Columbus, 2023). P. J. Brand et al., The Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak Volume 1, Part 2: Translation and Commentary (Oriental Institute Publications 142; Chicago, 2018). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:32.6	Hello everyone welcome to a history of Egypt podcast interview. This is Conversation
0:41.4	number two with Professor Peter Brand. In Conversation 1, we covered the career and rise of the
0:48.5	Ramesid royal family, including its patriarch, Ramesses I. Now, we cover the second half of that conversation.
0:57.3	Ramesses the first has become king and taken power. How does he and his family overall legitimize
1:03.8	themselves as the new pharaohs of Egypt? Let's explore with Professor Peter Brand.
1:13.1	So Rememisey's the first, then, his career develops within this late 18th dynasty context.
1:20.3	So at the very first hurdle as king, Ramesses the first needs to establish his credentials.
1:27.0	From your research into the reigns of these rulers, particularly Ramesses the first needs to establish his credentials. From your research into the reigns of these rulers,
1:31.2	particularly Ramesses the first,
1:33.2	and the monuments of say SETI or Ramesses the second
1:35.7	that reflect on Ramesses the first,
1:39.0	how does this family establish their credentials?
1:42.5	What monuments to people like Ramesses are first built? What motifs
1:46.3	do they incorporate into those monuments? And what are they doing in terms of establishing
1:50.4	their legitimacy as the new rulers? Yeah. And here we have an issue that, of course, most of what
1:57.5	we know about Ramsey's the first is either his pre-royal career or the retrospective of his son, Setti the first, looking back at the memory of Ramsey's the first after he died.
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