166: Restoration III, Re-Restoring
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Horemheb vs Ay, Tutankhamun, and others. Everyone talks about Horemheb "erasing" Akhenaten. But the King demolished monuments of several rulers, and erased the names of others. What does it all mean?
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Date: c. 1327 BCE.Music intro: Luke Chaos.Music interludes: Luke Chaos.Music outro: Keith Zizza.
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