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Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty: Revised Edition

by Aidan Dodson

2021-01-09 02:01:01

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After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II''s promotion of a concept of a wider ''royal ... Read more
After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II''s promotion of a concept of a wider ''royal family'' may have sown the seeds for theconflicts among their descendants.Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper-king Amenmeses and the career of the "king-maker" of the period, the chancellor Bay. Having helped to install at least one pharaoh on the throne, Bay''s life was ended by his abrupt execution, ordered by the woman with whom he hadshared the regency of Egypt for the young and disabled King Siptah. Finally, the author considers how that woman - Tawosret - became the last true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte. Less

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File size9 X 6 X 0.68 in
Print pages222
PublisherThe American University in Cairo Press
Publication date May 1, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9789774167522
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