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Oct 2022
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Episode C13 - The Hand of Shishak

SCOTT C.
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Synopsis: The Canaanite cities of Tel-Rehov and Beth-Shean were re-founded by the Pharaoh Thutmose III in the wake of the Battle of Megiddo. By the early Iron Age, their size, location and wealth drew the attention of the Pharaoh Shoshenq I.

“(Thutmose) was in their center, Amun being the protection of his person in the melee, and the strength of Set pervading his members…Then (the enemy) saw his majesty prevailing over them, and they fled headlong to Megiddo with faces of fear.” – The Battle of Megiddo Inscription

Map of the Early Iron Age Near East:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Near_East.jpg

Map of Early Iron Age Southern Syria and Canaan:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/Map_Canaan.jpg

Episode Images:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C13_Images.pdf

References and Further Reading:

https://audio.ancientworldpodcast.com/C13_References.pdf

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