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 an intact royal tomb to the wider, stranger politics of the Amarna period. They outline Carter's career, the Carnarvon partnership and the popular 'curse' mythology, then pivot to Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV) and his radical Aten monotheism: the founding of Akhetaten (Amarna), the unusual artistic style, Nefertiti's prominence and the violent rollback after Akhe...
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Around 1323 BCE
- New Kingdom of Egypt (1550 BCE)
- Exodus from Egypt (1300 BCE)
- Moses (1391 BCE)
- Olmec civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Ramesses II (the Great) (1303 BCE)
- Zoroaster composes the Gathas (1100 BCE)
- Zoroaster (1200 BCE)
- Phoenician civilisation (1500 BCE)
- Bronze Age collapse (1200 BCE)
- Oracle bone script in use (1250 BCE)