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Everyone assumed a royal son; a foreign chancellor signed Siptah's rise
A foreign-born chancellor stands carved beside a child king in the palace-how did Bay secure power in Siptah's fragile reign and who benefited?
Everyone assumed a royal son; a foreign chancellor signed Siptah's rise
In this episode, we lay out the political landscape around Siptah's accession and the rise of Bay, the foreign-born Chancellor of All Egypt. We trace the fractured succession after Ramesses II and Seti II and ask how Bay could attain equal stature beside a pharaoh whose claim was already contested.
Person: Bay
Person: Siptah
Person: Tausret
Date: Year 5 of Siptah’s reign (~1192…
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