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Loading... Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynastyby Aidan Dodson
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After the death of RamesesII, 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 the conflicts 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 had shared 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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)932.014History and Geography Ancient World Ancient Egypt to 640 Early history to 332 BC Pharaohs -- Biography and HistoryLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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