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Discussions: 2026-W43 — page 50
Discussions added each week. These are publication dates here; the original episodes may be older.
- 2:55:00–3:00:00
Cooper recounts Merneptah’s response to invasion and discusses drought evidence alongside a Hittite literary account.
- 2:50:00–2:55:00
Cooper describes Ramesses’s monuments and capital, considers the Exodus tradition and introduces Merneptah’s enemies.
- 2:45:00–2:50:00
Cooper discusses the battle’s outcome, continued conflict and the later treaty between Egypt and the Hittites.
- 2:40:00–2:45:00
Cooper recounts misleading intelligence, the Hittite attack and Ramesses’s account of his response at Kadesh.
- 2:35:00–2:40:00
Cooper discusses Tutankhamun’s tomb and discovery, then introduces Ramesses II and the rivalry with the Hittites.
- 2:30:00–2:35:00
Cooper links disease to the late Amarna period and describes Tutankhamun’s reversal of his father’s religious policies.
- 2:25:00–2:30:00
Cooper recounts Akhenaten’s religious reforms, the construction of Akhetaten and a ceremony involving foreign delegations.
- 2:20:00–2:25:00
Cooper discusses Hatshepsut’s building and expedition, then introduces Amenhotep IV’s devotion to the Aten.
- 2:15:00–2:20:00
Cooper recounts campaigns attributed to Kamose and Ahmose and the emergence of the New Kingdom.
- 2:10:00–2:15:00
Cooper describes Kamose’s conflict with the Hyksos, opposition at his court and efforts to secure the southern frontier.
- 2:05:00–2:10:00
Cooper discusses possible effects of the eruption and competing accounts of how the Hyksos came to power.
- 2:00:00–2:05:00
Cooper considers images of Senusret, subsequent rulers and fragmentation, then introduces the eruption of Thera.
- 1:55:00–2:00:00
Cooper describes campaigns, fortresses and surveillance through royal inscriptions and reports from Egypt’s southern frontier.
- 1:50:00–1:55:00
Cooper discusses cats in domestic and religious life, followed by irrigation and defensive projects of the Middle Kingdom.
- 1:45:00–1:50:00
Cooper describes foods, brewing, festivals and grain storage, then introduces the role of cats around settlements.
- 1:40:00–1:45:00
Cooper concludes the sailor’s tale, then uses a scribal text to discuss occupations and ordinary daily life.
- 1:35:00–1:40:00
Cooper recounts Mentuhotep’s victory and introduces Middle Kingdom literary works, including the Shipwrecked Sailor.
- 1:30:00–1:35:00
Cooper introduces Mentuhotep and the rivalry between Thebes and Heracleopolis, including conflict over sacred places.
- 1:25:00–1:30:00
Cooper describes succession disputes and political fragmentation, drawing on accounts attributed to Ankhtifi and Ipuwer.
- 1:20:00–1:25:00
Cooper recounts Harkhuf’s expeditions and Pepi’s letter, then connects regional governors and drought to pressure on the Old Kingdom.
- 1:15:00–1:20:00
Cooper discusses robbery, reuse of building stone and concealed tombs, then introduces weakening royal power under Pepi II.
- 1:10:00–1:15:00
Cooper discusses Khafre and Menkaure, the appearance of pyramid casing and possible reasons for smaller later monuments.
- 1:05:00–1:10:00
Cooper discusses dating evidence, stone sources, transport waterways and Merer’s journal before describing the pyramid’s completion.
- 1:00:00–1:05:00
Cooper explains the Bent Pyramid’s changing angle, then describes Sneferu’s Red Pyramid and Khufu’s ambition at Giza.