Amarna International (Part 2)

Mar 18, 2020

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Mediterranean, Aegean, Pirates. In the 14th Century BCE, records from Egypt hint at piracy and raiding across the sea. And artistic images even show Mycenaeans(?) at the pharaoh's court. All of this may reflect the history behind great stories like the Odyssey...

Date: c.1400 - 1300 BCE.
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Music: Michael Levy, "Odysseus and the Sirens," www.ancientlyre.com.
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See the "Mycenaean Papyrus" at the British Museum website. Mycenaean pottery from Amarna, at the Petrie Museum University College London.

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