Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty pdf

多德森于 1962 年 9 月 11 日出生于伦敦，曾就读于兰利文法学校 (1975-81)，之后搬到达勒姆的科林伍德学院 (1981-2)。 他在利物浦大学获得了学士学位（1985 年），在剑桥大学基督学院获得了哲学硕士学位（1986 年，博物馆实践和考古学）和博士学位（1995 年，埃及学）。 他于 1996 年 10 月开始在布里斯托大学任教，并于 2013 年 1 月至 2013 年 7 月在开罗美国大学担任辛普森埃及学教授。他的主要研究兴趣是古埃及，特别关注王朝历史和年表 、墓葬建筑、石棺和棺材设计、天篷设备和埃及学史； 他还是 19 世纪末和 20 世纪初海军的历史学家，并撰写了关于英国皇家陵墓的文章。

Poisoned Legacy: The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty pdf 艾丹·多德森

The reign of Rameses II is one of the best-known of Egyptian history, with almost every ancient site preserving traces of his time. However, after his death, his dynasty, the Nineteenth, soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with theaccession of a new dynasty. Sethy I and Rameses II's promotion of a concept of a wider 'royal family' may have sown the seeds for the conflicts among their descendants. Aidan Dodson explores the mysteries of the origins of the usurper-king Amenmeses and the career of the 'king-maker' of the period,the chancellor Bay. Having helped to install at least one pharaoh on the throne, Bay's life was ended by his abrupt execution, ordered by the woman with whom he had shared the regency of Egypt for the young and disabled King Siptah. Finally, the author considers how that woman-Tawosret-became thelast true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte.