02163cam a2200301 a 4500 16702096 OSt 20240530110619.0 110322s2010 ua ab b 001 0 eng d 9789774163951 EG-CaGPL 932.014 21 CC/D P Dodson, Aidan, 1962- Poisoned legacy : the decline and fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty / Aidan Dodson. Title on jacket: Poisoned legacy, the fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty Cairo ; New York : American University in Cairo Press, 2010. xxvi, 196 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. "After the death of Rameses II, the Nineteenth Dynasty soon fell into decline and familial conflict, culminating in a final civil war that ended with the accession 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 conflict 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, Towosret, became the last true female pharaoh, and how she finally lost her throne to the founder of the Twentieth Dynasty, Sethnakhte."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-185) and index. Merneptah, King of Egypt. Tausert, Queen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt, active approximately 1187 B.C.-1185 B.C. Pharaohs History. Kings and rulers Succession. Egypt History Nineteenth dynasty, ca. 1320-1200 B.C. Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1114/2011280920-b.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1208/2011280920-d.html ddc BK 63025 63025 0 0 ddc 0 0 CAI CAI CAIRO-LIBRARY 2016-12-17 0 932.014 CC/D P 162971 2016-12-17 00:00:00 2016-12-17 BK