Ok, so maybe I am not reviving the Blogroll Roundup as a regular feature, at least not until I get caught up on my own material, although I do have to say that I am amazed at how many hits months-old editions continue to garner. But there has been so much really great material that has appeared in the Egyptology blogosphere in the last couple of weeks, I can’t help but share it. So, for your convenience and enjoyment…
Re-wrapping a mummy, new Pyramid Texts, Abydos abides, the Akhenaten Museum, Hieroglyphs 101, Hanging out with Dr. Andrzej Cwiek, and WV22?
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Tags: Abydos, Akhenaten, Akhenaten Museum, Amenhotep III, Andrzej Cwiek, Deir el Bahri, Hieroglyphs, KV35, Osirion, Pyramid Texts, Queen Behenu, Temple of Hatshepsut, WV22
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The Sixth Dynasty rolled in like the thunderhead that portents a rising storm. There had been tension between the royal line from which Teti descended and the one which had just vacated the throne. Court officials had grown accustomed to wealth. Provincial nobles were flexing their will to independence. Famine. Waves of refugees. Ongoing religious reform. Teti’s agenda could be summarized in two words-damage control.
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Tags: Iput I, Memphis Necropolis, Mereruka, Old Kingdom, Pepi I, Pyramid Complex, Pyramid Texts, Pyramids, Saqqara, Sixth Dynasty, Solar Cult, Teti, Teti's Pyramid, Unas, Unas' Pyramid, Userkare
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The King is dead, long live the King.
The death of Pharaoh Unas prompted the most fragile transfer of power in the Old Kingdom to date, but it would hardly be the last, or the worst. Without an heir, or at least one who ascended to the throne, the fact that the crown passed from one dynasty to another peaceably amidst a time of growing turmoil is a testament to what remained of Egypt’s institutions.
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Tags: Ancient Egypt, Fifth Dynasty, Kagemni, Memphis Necropolis, Old Kingdom, Pyramid Complex, Pyramid Texts, Pyramids, Saqqara, Sixth Dynasty, Solar Cult, Teti, Unas, Unas' Pyramid
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