logo
episode-header-image
Mar 2021
30m 37s

139: King Tut-ankh-Aten

DOMINIC PERRY
About this episode

A famous reign. Following the death of Nefer-neferu-aten, a new ruler came to the throne. Tut-ankh-Aten was young, perhaps nine years old. He inherited power at a tumultuous point in history...

  • Date c. 1343 BCE.
  • 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.
  • Additional music by Jeffrey Goodman.
  • Audio mixing/editing by Vincent Cavanagh.
  • Written by Dominic Perry.
  • The History of Egypt Podcast endorses RA EGYPTIAN, the clean, natural skincare line with products derived from ancient Egyptian sources. Use the checkout code EGYPT to enjoy 30% off your order! 


Select Bibliography:

  • A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd Edition, Cairo, 2017).
  • A. Dodson and D. Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt (London, 2004).
  • M. Eaton-Krauss, ‘King Tutankhaten’, Orientalia 80 (2011), 300–4.
  • M. Eaton-Krauss, The Unknown Tutankhamun (London, 2016).
  • M. Gabolde, D’Akhenaton à Toutânkhamon (Paris, 1998).
  • N. Kawai, ‘Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun’, Unpublished PhD. Thesis, Johns Hopkins University (2005).
  • W. J. Murnane, Texts from the Amarna Period in Egypt (Atlanta, 1995).
  • N. Reeves, The Complete Tutankhamun (Cairo, 1990).

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Up next
Yesterday
218: Daily Life in Ramessid Egypt
Part 1? Starting around 1300 BCE, the (surviving) corpus of written documents from Egypt begins to increase dramatically. It's not clear why, but papyrus and ostraca are far more abundant for this era than anything before. Thanks to these records, we get many glimpses of daily li ... Show More
29m 45s
Oct 3
217: The Art of Kadesh (Livestream)
Our final part of the Kadesh story is Ramesses' art. Wall carvings, on major temples, present the pharaohs' summary of Kadesh and the conflict. They include many fun details, including enemy combatants, and comparing some scenes with artefacts allows us to imagine aspects of the ... Show More
1h 14m
Sep 26
Ancient Historical Fiction with Dr. Colleen Darnell
My guest today is Dr. Colleen Darnell, who will speak to us about New Kingdom literature (featuring rulers like Ramesses, Thutmose III, Seqenenra, and more). It’s a fun discussion, ranging from the calamitous death of Seqenenra Tao, to the triumphs of Thutmose III and Ramesses II ... Show More
1h 1m
Recommended Episodes
Dec 2023
A Guide to Ancient Egypt
Egypt was a vast kingdom of the ancient world. Its rulers were considered gods and wielded tremendous power and wealth. Egyptian scholars, astrologists and thinkers pioneered in their fields. Lasting for millennia, the kingdom's influence on culture, economics and politics was fe ... Show More
41m 32s
Aug 2022
Tutankhamun | 1. Unearthing the boy king’s lost tomb
One hundred years ago, in 1922, Egyptologist Howard Carter made one of the most spectacular discoveries in the history of archaeology, when he unearthed the tomb of Tutankhamun in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. In the first episode in our new series on the life, death and legacy of ... Show More
47m 30s
Aug 2023
King Tut and Ancient Egypt
Join us in this exciting episode as we journey back in time to ancient Egypt to uncover the mysteries of King Tutankhamun! From his royal lineage to his legendary tomb, we explore the life and times of this young pharaoh. Learn about the stunning treasures found within his burial ... Show More
7m 45s
Feb 2021
Egypt Before the Pharaohs
Pyramids, mummies, and pharaohs define our understanding of ancient Egypt, a timeless and eternal land. But the Nile wasn't always ruled by god-like kings, and long before they emerged, Egypt was home to other peoples and other ways of life. As Egyptian civilization emerged, thes ... Show More
44m 39s
Feb 2024
The Origins of Ancient Egypt
All this week Dan is delving into the history, mystery and legacy of Ancient Egypt. Discover how this mighty empire grew from nomadic settlers to the Nile and how its magnificent wonders were built. Dan explores the life of the most powerful Pharaoh Rameses II, of the ideological ... Show More
29m 42s
Jul 2022
The Rise of Egypt's New Kingdom
Most of what we think we know about ancient Egypt is actually things we know about the New Kingdom, the last of Egypt's three classical golden ages: an empire stretching into the Near East and Nubia, warrior kings leading armies of chariots, the lavish tombs of the Valley of the ... Show More
40m 9s
Aug 2023
Cyrus the Great
The ancient Persian ruler who founded the Achaemenid Empire, known for his benevolent governance and conquests - Cyrus the Great was a giant of history. History remembers him as someone who conquered numerous lands, established a legendary empire, respected local customs, and all ... Show More
38m 50s
Mar 2021
Egypt and the Rise of the Pharaohs
Kings are practically synonymous with ancient Egypt, and it's not just because their monuments - like the pyramids - still tower above the desert and the Nile. Egyptian society was organized around the pharaohs in many different ways, but how did they come into being? What turned ... Show More
47m 30s
Nov 2022
Tutankhamun's Trumpet and the Long, Winding Past of Ancient Egypt: Interview with Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
What ties the long history of ancient Egypt together into a meaningful whole? Professor Toby Wilkinson, one of the most renowned Egyptologists on the planet, visits to talk about the unity of ancient Egyptian history through the lens of the fascinating array of objects found in T ... Show More
39m 35s
Sep 2021
Old Kingdom Egypt
When we think of Ancient Egypt, we think of the pyramids: vast, eternal monuments to the glory of long-dead pharaohs. But we shouldn’t take them for granted: They belong to a specific place and time, and the people who built them had their reasons for doing so. The world that pro ... Show More
45m 49s