Dr. Campbell Price
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1,433 appearances
4 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2026
last heard 10 Jun
Dr. Campbell Price’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So he's trying to influence...
people and places, neighbouring countries, neighbouring cultures, in ways his predecessors would have thought.
Yeah, he's got a bar, I think, in his head where he's trying to reach back to it.
So yeah, we're talking about the 1200s BCE, but, you know, 1300s, 1400s, you're really getting the, for want of a better term, the imperial conquest.
Well, as you already said, he is exceptional because he rules for 66 years.
With one exception, he's probably the longest reigning Egyptian pharaoh.
So given it was a dangerous job being the king of any ancient power, you must have some personal charisma and command to not be attacked, you know, rebelled against or been bumped off by your family.
So I think he knows his grandfather.
He follows in a fairly new dynasty, a kind of Arabist dynasty.
Group of military people.
And he has 100 children.
Wow.
Okay, you save that.
We'll save that till his later reign.
But as a boy, he must know he's destined for greatness.
That's not simply a back projection from when he becomes king as some...
other pharaohs imagine as if they'd been selected from the egg.
They conquered in the egg.
That is something that's said of other kings.
Ramesses II, as a prince, really does seem to be groomed for greatness.
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