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Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians during the twentysixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II c1400 BC which saw a royal transition bringing Thutmose IV to the throne of Upper and Lower Egypt
While builders from the secluded village of royal tomb workers rush to complete Amenhoteps tomb and craftsmen labour to finish the numerous extravagant objects to accompany the godking in his burial most Egyptians go about their daily lives in ways unchanged for eons
Following the Egyptian calendar year which was divided into three seasons inundation sowing and harvest we will meet a farmer and his family an embalmer an artisan a royal physician a priest and even a royal wife as they live their lives in Thebes and Memphis during the eighteenth dynasty of the New Kingdom in this remarkable year in ancient Egyptian history
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