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    The New Kingdom: A New Play of Ancient Times
    The New Kingdom: A New Play of Ancient Times
    The New Kingdom: A New Play of Ancient Times
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    The New Kingdom: A New Play of Ancient Times

    By Emmanuel Paul

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    An epic tale of a glory rediscovered in ancient Egypt, has been brought vividly to life by bringing it down to a raw, human scale for the stage. The struggle of the ruling class of the Eighteenth Dynasty pitted against an occupying force, is told in grand scale in The New Kingdom, a new play from Emmanuel Paul.

    It is 1540 BC and Egypt is divided. In the years following the invasion of the Hyksos, a band of nomadic warriors with a base in Palestine, nothing is certain. The Pharoahs have been displaced to Thebes from their once impregnable capital in Avaris and for more than a century the Hyksos now control the north of Egypt. Decades of war are replaced by decades of peace, and the people are weary.

    The Thebans have rested all hope for the restoration of their former power on the narrow shoulders of the young Ahmosis, who has seen his father and brother murdered by their enemies. The young pharaoh now shares power with his mother Aahotep, who will stop at nothing to see her surviving son grow into a great leader.

    Under his rule, Egypt will finally be freed from its invaders and become united again. Ahmosis must now fight a growing religious uprising if he hopes to bring Kush the glory it once knew and bring about an era of unequaled prosperity and peace.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateAug 11, 2011
    ISBN9781462027095
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      Book preview

      The New Kingdom - Emmanuel Paul

      Contents

      Synopsis

      Glossary

      Cast of Characters

      Prologue

      A Temple in Waset

      Act 1 Scene 1

      A palace in Waset

      Act 1 Scene 2

      Throne room at Hut-waret

      Act 1 Scene 3

      A Temple in Waset

      Act 1 Scene 4

      Throne room at Waset

      Act 1 Scene 5

      At Hut-waret a field of battle, sounds of warfare. The war with the Hyksos has been raging

      for some 5 years

      Act 1 Scene 6

      A temple in Waset

      Act 1 Scene 7

      Throne room at Waset

      Act 1 Scene 8

      A temple in Kerma

      Act 2 Scene 1

      A luxury room in the palace at Waset.

      Ahmose’s armies have been fighting

      for some five years now in Palestine

      Act 2 Scene 2

      A war room within the palace at Waset

      Act 2 Scene 3

      In a settlement tent some distance from Waset

      Act 3 Scene 1

      In a tent on the Sharuhen battlefield in Palestine.

      The campaign is in its 6th year. Ahmoses army is nearing victory. There are sounds of warfare

      Act 3 Scene 2

      Battlefield near the fortress of Waset

      Act 3 Scene 3

      A room at Waset

      Act 3 Scene 4

      A sun temple in Waset

      Act 3 Scene 5

      Throne room at Waset. It has been 10 years

      since the Hyksos were expelled

      Synopsis

      It is 1540 BC; Egypt has been divided since the invasion of the Hyksos—a band of nomadic warriors roaming from land to land with a base in Palestine. They occupy the north, known as lower Egypt and have spent a hundred or so years of war and truce with the once mighty Pharaohs who have now been pushed from their former capital in Avaris to a new seat of power in Thebes in the south, known as upper Egypt.

      The Thebans have lost great Pharaohs in the struggles including the brother and the father of Ahmose. Ahmose rises from being a young prince sharing power with his powerful mother Aahotep, to be one of the greatest Pharaohs ever; freeing his people from the invaders, uniting Egypt under one rule, quelling a religious uprising and bringing the divided land of Nubia under a new kingdom and rule to ensure its continued peace and prosperity. This period of struggle and reunification represents the 18th Dynasty of the Pharaohs known also as The New Kingdom.

      Glossary

      Hut-waret: Avaris

      Waset: Thebes

      Kemet: Egypt, Egyptian

      Lower Egypt: northern Egypt

      Upper Egypt: southern Egypt

      Peoples of the north: Egyptians living in the north of Egypt

      Abju: Abydos

      Ta-Sety: Land of the bow (formerly Nubia present day Sudan)

      Kush: area covering lower (northern) Nubia

      Kushite: Nubian (present day Sudanese)

      Kerma: a region of lower (northern) Nubia

      Narmer: Pharaoh considered to be the unifier of Egypt and founder of 1st Dynasty

      Asiatics, Semites: Used by the ancient Egyptians to refer to the middle east and the people residing in that region

      Nebpehtyre: The Lord of Strength is Re

      All-knowing One: the Egyptian Oracle—a Seer who provides predictions of the future

      Perfuming of the mouth: lunch

      Aser: Osiris

      Heru: Horus

      Ibu: Place of purification, where mummification is performed

      Opet: Festival to celebrate the anniversary when the King’s right to rule was re-confirmed

      Cast of Characters

      Theban royal family

      King Ahmose I

      Queen Aahotep: mother to Ahmose I

      Ahmose-Nefertare: sister to King Ahmose I

      Tetisheri: grandmother to King Ahmose I

      Ahmes-Merytamun: former queen to King Kamose

      Hyksos King

      King Apopi II

      Kerma King

      King Nedjeh: King of Kerma

      Others

      Priest Ani: a Theban priest

      Priest Tetian: a Kushite Priest & cousin to Priest Ani

      Commander Turi: Head Commander of King Ahmose’ armies

      Miofylo: a boy citizen

      Other Officials, Embalmer, Servants, Scribe, Councillors, Priestesses, Seer

      Prologue

      A Temple in Waset

      [Enter Priest Ani]

      Priest Ani:

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