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The foundation block that dated Year Eight contradicted the record
A foundation stone in Tausret's mortuary temple is dated Year Eight - does this overturn the official record that she reigned only seven years?
The foundation block that dated Year Eight contradicted the record
In this episode, we follow the physical traces left in a mortuary temple that complicate the written chronology of a late Nineteenth Dynasty pharaoh. The episode lays out the archaeological finds and the political moves that made a short reign seem longer or shorter - so what do those stones actually prove?
Person: Tausret
Date: Year Eight (inscription on foundation block); Day…
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