Classical Studies 3903 Lecture 13: Classical Studies 3903 Lecture Notes January 31 2019

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 3903
• Professor: Catherine Pratt

Document Summary

The mycenaeans and the great kings: part three. Egypt: the new kingdom, second half of the 18th and 19th dynasties. 1450 1200 bce: egypt is physically separated enough from the mycenaeans that they do not have much interaction, some wall paintings from tombs, pottery. 19th dynasty kings: 1292 1290 bce, ramesses i, 1290 1279 bce, seti i, 1279 1213 bce, ramesses ii, his reign dominated this dynasty, 1213 1203 bce, merneptah, 1203 1197 bce, seti ii. The new kingdom: monumental architecture, big temple buildings, statuary, pushing the boundaries of the empire in every direction, focus on military expansion both north and south, valley of the kings being used for royal burials. Intense interaction between egyptian and near eastern kings: both positive and negative, most of the text from this period is propaganda, talking about how great the pharaoh is. Egyptian iconography from around the mid-2nd millennium bc, and lag slightly behind comparable imagery elsewhere.