Mediterranean, Aegean, Pirates. In the 14th Century BCE, records from Egypt hint at piracy and raiding across the sea. And artistic images even show Mycenaeans(?) at the pharaoh's court. All of this may reflect the history behind great stories like the Odyssey...
Date: c.1400 - 1300 BCE. Music: Michael Levy, "Odysseus and the Sirens," www.ancientlyre.com. Audio editing by www.yourpodcastpal.com. See the "Mycenaean Papyrus" at the British Museum website. Mycenaean pottery from Amarna, at the Petrie Museum University College London.
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Talk: Hidden Voices of Ancient Egypt
Talk: Avaris and Pi-Ramesses c.1300 BCE
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Interview: The Egyptian Empire, with Dr. Uroš Matić
170: Mutnodjmet and Ramesses
169: Royal Tomb: Maverick
168: Return to the Tomb
167: Reviving Deir el-Medina
News: Carter's Thefts and Tutankhamun's Amulet
166: Restoration III, Re-Restoring
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165: Praise Ra and Pass the Talatat
164b: Renovation Station
164: You Must Construct Additional Pylons
Interlude: Dark Times - A Karnak Story
163: Nefertiti's Sister?
162: The Chosen One
161: Horus Takes the Crown
160b: The Purge
160: Succession Crisis(?)
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