Tutankhamun (TRIH ep 27)
1,323 BCE · Resource
Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland discuss the enduring allure of Tutankhamun, tracing it from Howard Carter's dramatic 1922 discovery of a largely intact royal tomb to the wider, stranger politics of the Amarna period.
On these timelines: The Rest Is History (podcast), Resources: Combined
Around 1323 BCE
- The Sack of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The death of Hector (1184 BCE)
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- The Wooden Horse (1184 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- The slaughter of the suitors (1175 BCE)
- The Fall of Troy (1184 BCE)
- The parting of the Red Sea (1446 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)