In New Kingdom Egypt (c.1500 – 1150 BCE), the rulers and people of the Nile Valley communicated extensively with their eastern neighbours. Trade and diplomacy were far more common than outright conflict. And the Egyptian pharaohs were highly regarded in distant courts. These contacts survive in the archaeological record: detailed texts recording interactions; shipwrecks carrying cargo from the Egyptian court; and even tombs recording the high status of foreigners serving the pharaoh himself.
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Logo image: A wooden statue head from the tomb of Aper-el / Abdiel. Saqqara, Imhotep Museum, photo by Dominic Perry 2024.
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56c: A Royal Funeral
56b: Restoring Splendour
56: The Return of the King
Introducing: The New Kingdom
55: Blood and Thunder (Kamose vs Hyksos)
54b: The Brutal Death of Seqenenre Ta'a
54: Three Kingdoms
53: Rulers of Foreign Lands
52: Two Dynasties at Once
51: Everywhere and Nowhere (An Eloquent Peasant)
50: Between Two Worlds (Sobekneferu / Neferusobek)
49: From One Era to Another
48: A Last Flowering
47: Strong Ruler(s)
46: Crushing Our Enemies
45: The Book of Two Ways
44: The Shipwrecked Sailor
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43: Dominion Over All
42: Underworld
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