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William de Rimpel

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
254 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Just saying Norton didn't like him very much and was longing for him to be overthrown.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

This is the first argument we've had since Roger Kipling.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

And it's almost as heated.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Always go with your heart.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Yes.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Because we also have the fact that the Hittites are clearly making gains.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

They are moving southwards, aren't they?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

But we have got no real... The normal time of marriage for an ancient world was 14 or 15, wasn't it?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

And as he's dying or as he seems to be approaching the end, there's some sense that there's actually desperation, isn't there?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

The iconoclasm of previous gods increases, that he wipes out everything that's left that he hasn't already wiped out.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Does that mean he's getting more fanatical or he's getting desperate?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

What do you think?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

It had literally his face beated in.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Before we get there, I'm looking to know if KV-55 isn't him, have we got his mummy at all or has he been totally destroyed?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Now, at what point do we get the sensation that the old priesthood, some of whom had been sent off to the quarries and really had quite serious punishments?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

When did they begin to kind of trickle back?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Back to Protestantism again.

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Now, at what point do we get the Restoration Stella?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

Because this is a crucial piece of evidence, isn't it?

Empire: World History
364. Ancient Egypt: The Fall of Akhenaten (Ep 3)

But people kind of agree it's 1332, that sort of date?