Episode 26: The Fire Rises

Khety vs Intef. Around 2070 BCE, Egypt was gripped by conflict. It was time for a showdown between the two families, Khety and Intef, that claimed dominion over the land. The conflict was heating up and battle soon began... Date c.2070 BCE. Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.  Music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Select Bibliography: Darrell D. Baker: The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I – Predynastic to the Twentieth Dynasty 3300–1069 BC, 2008. Wolfram Grajetzki, The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, 2006. Nicolas Grimal, A History of Egypt, 1994. Ian Shaw (editor), The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, 2004. William Kelly Simpson (editor), The Literature of Ancient Egypt, 2003. H. E. Winlock, “The Eleventh Egyptian Dynasty.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 2, no. 4 (1943): 249–83. http://www.jstor.org/stable/542353. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices