245: Revenge of the Seth (The 19th Dynasty Falls)
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245: Revenge of the Seth (The 19th Dynasty Falls)

C1AdvancedOctober 5, 202628 min
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Siptah, Tausret, Setnakht. Between 1205--1202 BCE, the royal house of Ramesses II crumbled into illegitimacy. After Siptah, the queen Tausret declared herself pharaoh. Her reign leaves tantalising traces. But shortly after, a man named Set-Nakht ("Seth is Victorious") seized the throne and inaugurated the 20th Dynasty. Subsequently, he and his successors declared the late 19th Dynasty a period of "empty years," lacking legitimacy, with no true ruler. What went wrong? Logo image: The "charioteer ostracon," depicting a female ruler charging against a male, both firing arrows (Daressy 1909). Learn more about your...

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Hello, and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast. Episode 245. Revenge of the Seth By 1204 BCE, Egypt's royal house was on shaky ground.

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For the past five years, a teenager named Sipata had sat upon the throne. But Pharaoh was a power in name only. authority lay with a queen, Tawusret, and a courtier, Bai. The latter had exercised incredible influence over government, palace, and even foreign affairs. Bai had dominated

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the king, and acted in his name. Now, Bai was dead, executed on orders of Pharaoh – maybe Sipata himself, maybe someone in the government – say, Tawusret? Whoever arranged it, violent dispute had broken out in the court, and blood flowed. Cepitar's victory, quote-unquote, was short-lived.

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