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The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson
Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat—the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. He outbuilt every other Egyptian pharaoh, leaving behind the temples of Abu Simbel; the great hypostyle hall of Karnak; the tomb for his wife Nefertari; and his own memorial, the Ramesseum.
His reputation eclipsed that of all other pharaohs as well: he was decried in the Bible as a despot, famed in literature as Ozymandias, and lauded by early antiquarians as the Younger Memnon. His rule coincided with the peak of ancient Egypt’s power and prosperity, the New Kingdom (1539–1069 B.C.).
In this authoritative biography, Toby Wilkinson considers Ramesses’ preoccupations and preferences, uncovering the methods and motivations of a megalomaniac ruler, with lessons for our own time.
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In this landmark work, one of the world's most renowned Egyptologists tells the epic story of this great civilization, from its birth as the first nation-state to its final absorption into the Roman Empire - 3,000 years of wild drama, bold spectacle, and unforgettable characters. Award-winning scholar Toby Wilkinson captures not only the lavish pomp and artistic grandeur of this land of pyramids and pharaohs but for the first time reveals the constant propaganda and repression that were its foundations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Well Written and Detailed
- De Matthew G. en 01-26-18
De: Toby Wilkinson
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The Story of Egypt
- The Civilization That Shaped the World
- De: Joann Fletcher
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 17 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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The story of the world's greatest civilization - spanning thousands of years - is full of epic stories, spectacular places, and an evolving society rich in inventors, heroes, villains, and pioneers. The story of the world's greatest civilization spans 4,000 years of history that has shaped the world. It is full of spectacular cities and epic stories of a constantly evolving society peopled with inventors, heroes and heroines, villains, artisans, and pioneers.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Egyptian history is fascinating, this book is not.
- De Mary Elizabeth Reynolds en 08-24-16
De: Joann Fletcher
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A World Beneath the Sands
- The Golden Age of Egyptology
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Graeme Malcolm
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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In A World Beneath the Sands, acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson chronicles the ruthless race between the British, French, Germans, and Americans to lay claim to its mysteries and treasures. He tells riveting stories of the men and women whose obsession with Egypt’s ancient civilization helped to enrich and transform our understanding of the Nile Valley and its people and left a lasting impression on Egypt, too.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An entrancing listen, fascinating History
- De L. Ford Ballard, Jr. en 01-27-21
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World
- De: Bob Brier PhD
- Narrado por: Christopher Douyard
- Duración: 10 h y 15 m
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It is often thought that the story of Tutankhamun ended when the thousands of items discovered by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon were transported to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and put on display. But there is far more to the story. Tutankhamun and the Tomb that Changed the World explores the 100 years of research on Tutankhamun that have taken place since the tomb's discovery, from the several objects in the tomb made of meteoritic iron that came from outer space to new evidence that shows that Tutankhamun may actually have been a warrior who went into battle.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent book; performance stumbles
- De Sarah en 03-27-23
De: Bob Brier PhD
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The Nile: Travelling Downriver Through Egypt's Past and Present
- The Vintage Departures Series
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: Peter Ganim
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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The Nile, like all of Egypt, is both timeless and ever-changing. In this audio, renowned Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson takes us on a journey downriver that is both history and travelogue. We begin at the First Nile Cataract, close to the modern city of Aswan. From there, Wilkinson guides us through the illustrious nation birthed by this great river.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Riverboat Cruise from the luxury of your phone
- De Amazon Customer en 02-20-20
De: Toby Wilkinson
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The Woman Who Would Be King
- Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
- De: Kara Cooney
- Narrado por: Kara Cooney
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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Hatshepsut - the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty - was born into a privileged position in the royal household, and she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father's family. Her failure to produce a male heir was ultimately the twist of fate that paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overt Agenda
- De Kindle Customer en 04-14-19
De: Kara Cooney
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Lost Cities, Ancient Tombs
- 100 Discoveries That Changed the World
- De: Ann R. Williams - editor, Douglas Preston - introduction
- Narrado por: Mari Weiss
- Duración: 14 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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Blending high adventure with history, this chronicle of 100 astonishing discoveries from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the fabulous “Lost City of the Monkey God” tells incredible stories of how explorers and archaeologists have uncovered the clues that illuminate our past.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Just what I wanted
- De Amazon Customer en 01-16-22
De: Ann R. Williams - editor, y otros
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The Good Kings
- Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
- De: Kara Cooney
- Narrado por: Kara Cooney
- Duración: 12 h y 21 m
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Written in the tradition of historians like Stacy Schiff and Amanda Foreman who find modern lessons in ancient history, this provocative narrative explores the lives of five remarkable pharaohs who ruled Egypt with absolute power, shining a new light on the country's 3,000-year empire and its meaning today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Ancient Egypt as Metaphor for the Trump Administration
- De Orlando R. Murgado en 12-09-21
De: Kara Cooney
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Tutankhamun's Trumpet
- Ancient Egypt in 100 Objects from the Boy-King's Tomb
- De: Toby Wilkinson
- Narrado por: David Timson
- Duración: 12 h y 35 m
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In 1922, after fifteen years of searching, archaeologists finally discovered the tomb of King Tutankhamun. There, buried alongside the king's mummy, they found more than 5,000 unique objects, from the mundane to the extravagant, from the precious to the everyday. Tutankhamun's spectacular gold mask is justifiably famous, but the rest of the treasures remain largely unknown, their stories untold.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The final 25 pages are missing
- De Robert en 02-03-24
De: Toby Wilkinson
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Egypt's Golden Couple
- When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
- De: John Darnell, Colleen Darnell
- Narrado por: Siiri Scott
- Duración: 13 h y 4 m
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Two celebrated Egyptologists bring to vivid life the intriguing and controversial reign of King Tut’s parents. Combining fascinating scholarship, detective suspense, and adventurous thrills, Egypt’s Golden Couple is a journey through excavations, museums, hieroglyphic texts, and stunning artifacts. From clue to clue, renowned Egyptologists, John and Colleen Darnell, reconstruct an otherwise untold story of the magnificent reign of Akhenaten and Nefertiti.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Horrible narrator
- De Rebekah en 01-05-25
De: John Darnell, y otros
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24 Hours in Ancient Egypt
- A Day in the Life of the People Who Lived There
- De: Donald P. Ryan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Beville
- Duración: 6 h y 11 m
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Ancient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted under the burning gaze of the sun god Ra.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amun-Re
- De Tatanka en 03-04-25
De: Donald P. Ryan
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Demetrius
- Sacker of Cities
- De: James Romm
- Narrado por: John Telfer
- Duración: 5 h y 48 m
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The life of Demetrius (337-283 BCE) serves as a through-line to the forty years following the death of Alexander (323-282 BCE), a time of unparalleled turbulence and instability in the ancient world. With no monarch able to take Alexander’s place, his empire fragmented into five pieces. Capitalizing on good looks, youth, and sexual prowess, Demetrius sought to weld those pieces together and recover the dream of a single world-state, with a new Alexander—himself—at its head.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A chapter is missing
- De Brendon miller en 12-02-22
De: James Romm
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Crassus
- The First Tycoon
- De: Peter Stothard
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 3 h y 47 m
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Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE) was a modern man in an ancient world, a pioneer disrupter of finance and politics, and the richest man of the last years of the Roman republic. Without his catastrophic ambition, this trailblazing tycoon might have quietly entered history as Rome's first modern political financier. Instead, Crassus and his son led an army on an unprovoked campaign against Parthia into what are now the borderlands of Turkey, Syria, and Iraq, losing a battle at Carrhae which scarred Roman minds for generations.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Excellent history of an elusive figure
- De john rees en 07-01-23
De: Peter Stothard
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When Women Ruled the World
- De: Kara Cooney
- Narrado por: Kara Cooney
- Duración: 9 h y 15 m
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,622
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra - women who ruled with real power - and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today. Female rulers are a rare phenomenon - but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office?
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Thoroughly Feminist Review of Ancient Egypt
- De Morgan en 03-07-19
De: Kara Cooney
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The Mesopotamian Riddle
- An Archaeologist, a Soldier, a Clergyman and the Race to Decipher the World's Oldest Writing
- De: Joshua Hammer
- Narrado por: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Duración: 10 h y 32 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4
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From the ruins of Persepolis to lawless outposts of the crumbling Ottoman Empire, The Mesopotamian Riddle whisks you on a wild adventure through the golden age of archaeology in an epic quest to understand our past.
De: Joshua Hammer
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Weavers, Scribes, and Kings
- A New History of the Ancient Near East
- De: Amanda H. Podany
- Narrado por: Amanda H. Podany
- Duración: 18 h y 26 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 186
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In this sweeping history of the ancient Near East, Amanda Podany takes listeners on a gripping journey from the creation of the world's first cities to the conquests of Alexander the Great. The book is built around the life stories of many ancient men and women, from kings, priestesses, and merchants to brickmakers, musicians, and weavers. Their habits of daily life, beliefs, triumphs, and crises, and the changes that people faced over time are explored through their own written words and the buildings, cities, and empires in which they lived.
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3 out of 5 stars
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word of advice
- De Jim Davis en 08-04-23
De: Amanda H. Podany
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The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941
- The War in The West, Volume 1
- De: James Holland
- Narrado por: Paul Boehmer
- Duración: 27 h y 44 m
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For seven decades, our understanding of World War II has been shaped by a standard narrative built on conventional wisdom, propaganda, the dramatic but narrow experiences of soldiers on the ground, and an early generation of historians. For his new history, James Holland has spent over 12 years unearthing new research, recording original testimony, and visiting battlefields and archives that have never before been so accessible.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good Book painfully read
- De richard en 01-21-16
De: James Holland
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Europe Between the Oceans
- 9000 BC-AD 1000
- De: Barry Cunliffe
- Narrado por: James Cameron Stewart
- Duración: 18 h y 48 m
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 15
In this magnificent book, distinguished archaeologist Barry Cunliffe reframes our entire conception of early European history, from prehistory through the ancient world to the medieval Viking period. Cunliffe views Europe not in terms of states and shifting political land boundaries but as a geographical niche particularly favored in facing many seas. These seas, and Europe's great transpeninsular rivers, ensured a rich diversity of natural resources while also encouraging the dynamic interaction of peoples across networks of communication and exchange.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Pathways of immigration
- De Brooks Smith en 12-21-24
De: Barry Cunliffe
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Ramesses the Great
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- rileybug
- 03-15-25
Ramesses II
Wow was there a lot of info. Every single sentence held important information. I think I should have started with a preview before I read Ramesses the Great. I’ll have to read it again. Very well written.
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- Existimator
- 06-12-23
It left me wanting more.
The narrator was perfect. the book itself left me wanting to know more. I look forward to many more history works by this author.
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- Raymond Smith
- 05-18-23
Great stuff. Minimal notes.
I wish they'd make a space to talk more about the politics preceding Ramses. Like, this is a great lesson in authoritarianism and what it looks like; but a separate audiobook talks about this politically motivated assassination of Tut, so I wish I saw how we went from The Cult of Amun's reaction to Atek's revision, & how that assassination benefited Tut's following Pharoahs into the 19th Dynasty... I feel like there's a cultural movement there I'm missing.
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