The glorious era of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom, when Egypt was the envy of the world, went out with a whimper. What came afterward would be a seemingly tumultuous time in Egyptian history that was characterized by political fragmentation, cultural change, rampant corruption and eventually, foreign domination. Egyptologists call the four centuries of so after the New Kingdom era the Third Intermediate Period.

The Third Intermediate Period started with the rise of the 21st Dynasty of Egypt, a time in which both pharaohs and priests ruled the kingdom of the Nile in relative peace. This though was the calm before the storm that would eventually sweep in from the east and change the trajectory of Egyptian history forever.

Contents:

00:00 Introduction and Historical Context
02:09 What is the Third Intermediate Period
03:47 Smendes and the High Priests of Amun
11:01 The Report of Wenamum
13:18 Amenemnisu
13:45 Psusennes I: All the Glitters is not Gold
20:13 Amenemope
20:56 Osorkon the Elder
21:36 Siamun
22:33 Psusennes II
23:23 Thank You and Patrons

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Sources and Suggested Reading:

The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt - Toby Wilkinson
A History of Ancient Egypt - Marc Van De Mieroop
The Archaeology of Egypt in the Third Intermediate Period - James E. Benne
Ancient Records of Egypt: The Twentieth Through the Twenty-Sixth Dynasties, Vol. 4 - James Henry Breasted
The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt - Ian Shaw
Chronicle of the Pharaohs - Peter A. Clayton
The Libyan Anarchy: Inscriptions from Egypt's Third Intermediate Period - Robert K. Ritner
The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt, 1100-650 BC - Kenneth Kitchen
The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Egypt - Bill Manley

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