Black Magic Harem Conspiracy (Ancient Egyptian Murder Mystery)

MYS089: More than 3,000 years ago, a conspiracy was launched against the most powerful man on Earth, the Egyptian pharaoh. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore who the conspirators were, what they were trying to accomplish, and what dark arts they used in their plot. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google Podcasts | Subscribe using Stitcher | Subscribe by Email Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Chapters for this episode: MYS089 – 00:00:00 Intro – 00:22:15 Disclaimers – 02:08:65 The source papyrus – 04:19:59 The Egyptian era in question – 05:45:47 Rameses III – 06:45:69 Rameses III’s great tomb – 11:04:24 Signs of trouble – 13:39:62 The family – 16:04:02 Tiye’s plan – 19:55:27 Did the butler do it? – 22:04:13 Pebakkamen – 23:22:41 Magical names – 24:23:19 The plan – 25:52:66 The conspiracy grows – 26:33:43 Bypassing magical protections – 31:45:30 Theories – 35:42:34 Faith Perspective – 36:40:18 Black magic – 38:04:03 Reason Perspective – 40:57:70 Why the records were altered – 42:11:22 Names have been changed – 45:38:10 How the deed was to be done – 49:57:41 The motive – 51:35:07 Were they guilty? – 53:35:27 Did they succeed? – 55:59:67 The conspirators’ fates – 59:06:27 Surprise twist – 61:42:45 The capital punishments – 65:45:21 Bottom Line – 73:52:13 Further Resources – 74:54:14 Mysterious Feedback – 75:54:28 Mysterious Headlines – 80:11:53 Next Time: Werewolves – 82:02:44 Links for this episode: * Susan Redford’s book The Harem Conspiracy * Pascal Vernus’s book Affairs and Scandals in Ancient Egypt * Bob Brier’s course The History of Ancient Egypt * Records of the Harem Conspiracy * Bob Brier’s article “The Mystery of Unknown Man E” * Zahi Hawass paper “Revisiting the Harem Conspiracy and Death of Ramesses III” * Summary of the Zahi Hawass paper * Rameses’s tomb * Episode 42, Was King Tut Murdered? * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the