Category: Audio
Beginning of Time ~ End of Eternity – Calendar of Ancient Egypt: First Month of Inundation – Drunkenness
In this episode, we discuss the first month of the season, Axt, which is the month of txy. This month is patroned by the nTr deity DHwty – Thoth, God of wisdom and writing. Major festivals of the mo... Read More
Gods of Ancient Egypt: Sakhamat – Sekhmet
sxmt is the seemingly dichotomous deity of war, destruction, and death, but also physicians. Please join us as we delve into the mysteries of this goddess of power.... Read More
Par Madja’at Ancient Egyptian House of Books – Episode 4
Episode 4 – book summary and review of Food Fit for Pharaohs: An Ancient Egyptian Cookbook. The May/June 2020 issue of Archaeology has the discovery of a leopard painting, a genome study of ibis mum... Read More
Ancient Egyptian Literature – The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant
The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is a story from the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt but set in the era about a hundred years before, in what is today the First Intermediate Period. It is a tale of tr... Read More
Par Madja’at Ancient Egyptian House of Books Episode 3
Book Summary and Review: Ancient Egyptian Medicine by John F. Nunn. Research on the web: American Research Center in Egypt ARCE’s E-Newsletter, ASOR The American Schools of Oriental Research, A 20-s... Read More
Beginning of Time ~ End of Eternity – Calendar of Ancient Egypt: Days Above the Year
This is a discussion of the ancient Egyptian calendar entries for the hrw Hryw rnpt -Days above the year, the five days that Thoth, the god of wisdom, added to provide time above the year for the birt... Read More
Par Madja’at Ancient Egyptian House of Books – Episode 2
Book Review: Ancient Egyptian Literature vol. II: The New Kingdom. Research on the Web: AERA – Ancient Egypt Research Associates, Inc. Electronic Document: An Ancient Egyptian Hunting Ritual by Eber... Read More
Myths and Legends of Ancient Egypt: Reckoning of the Mounds of the Primeval Time
A dramatic telling of the creation myth of the Temple of Horus of Edfu.... Read More