Three Temples of Ancient Egypt and the Price of Eternity

Описание: 📍 The West Bank of Luxor — a sacred landscape where pharaohs sought eternity, power, and divine remembrance.

The NEW ME team continues its journey along the Nile, exploring the great mortuary temples of Ancient Egypt — monumental complexes built not for the living, but for gods in human form.

In this episode, we travel through three key sites of royal afterlife cults:
the lost Amenophium of Amenhotep III, the Ramesseum of Ramesses II, and the fortress-temple of Medinet Habu, built by Ramesses III.

🔎 IN THIS EPISODE:
✅ Discover who Amenhotep III was and why his mortuary temple once rivalled Karnak
✅ Learn why only two colossal statues survived the destruction of the Amenophium
✅ Explore the Ramesseum — the cult temple of Ramesses II, a pharaoh worshipped as a living god
✅ Understand how mortuary temples functioned during a pharaoh’s life — and long after his death
✅ Visit Medinet Habu, the last great fortress-temple of Ancient Egypt
✅ Uncover scenes of real battles carved in stone
✅ Learn how political fear, ritual power and paranoia shaped royal architecture
✅ Follow the events that led to the infamous Harem Conspiracy and the brutal murder of a pharaoh

🛕 These temples were not tombs.
They were instruments of power — designed to preserve a king’s name, soul, and authority for eternity.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 – Introduction: The Sacred West Bank of Luxor
01:23 – The Colossi of Memnon and the Lost Temple of Amenhotep III
03:39 – Amenhotep III, Queen Tiye and the Rise of a New Dynasty
04:10 – Mortuary Temples and the Cult of the Pharaoh
05:46 – The Ramesseum: Ramesses II, the Living God
07:00 – War, Peace and the Long Reign of Ramesses the Great
08:12 – Medinet Habu and the Fortress of Ramesses III
09:58 – Battles, Enemies and the Collapse of an Era
13:14 – The Harem Conspiracy and the Murder of a Pharaoh
15:16 – Final Reflections: The Price of Eternity

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