CLAA04H3 Lecture 5: The Egyptian New Kingdom, Invaders, and a “Dark” Age Lecture & Podcast Notes, Oct. 16
19 Dec 2017
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Claa04 lecture 5 - the egyptian new kingdom, invaders, and a dark age (1200-900. Kamose"s brother continued the campaigns against the hyksos. The new kingdom forms after defeating the hyksos and reuniting egypt. Was only a child when he became king so his mother ahhotep served as regent. Kamose"s brother continued the campaigns against the hyksos when he came of age. Ahmose finally defeated the hyksos and also reasserted egypt"s power in palestine and. He reunified egypt internally and restored its international power. Emphasis on the king as a warrior. Old and middle kingdom architectural works set up in the peripheries and not often seen by most egyptians. Structures were usually made of resilient mudbrick. Became larger, more substantial, and built of stone. In the new kingdom, temples became the expression of royal ideology. Thebes becomes the ancestral/religious capital of the 18th dynasty. Focus of public ceremonies and the nature of kingship.
