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b'Horemheb\'s Great Decree. Sometime during his reign, King Horemheb proclaimed a new set of laws. Taking aim at corruption and abuses-of-power (allegedly happening throughout Egypt), the pharaoh went hard on corrective measures. Punishments could range from beatings to disfigurement, exile, and death. Horemheb was not messing around. But what was he really trying to achieve?\\n\\nEpisode details, pictures and references at www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com\\nIntro music by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.net\\nInterludes and Outro music by Luke Chaos www.twitter.com/luke_chaos\\nLogo: Horemheb and Amun. Photo by Richard Mortel via Flickr.com.\\n\\nBibliography\\n\\nG. de la B\\xe9doyere, Pharaohs of the Sun: The Rise and Fall of Tutankhamen\\u2019s Dynasty (2022).\\n\\nC. Eyre, The Use of Documents in Pharaonic Egypt (2013).\\n\\nA. Gnirs, \\u2018Haremhab - ein Staatsreformator? Neue Betrachtungen zum Haremhab-Dekret\\u2019, Studien zur Alt\\xe4gyptischen Kultur 16 (1989), 83\\u2013110.\\n\\nA. M. Gnirs, Milit\\xe4r und Gesellschaft: Ein Beitrag zur Sozialgeschichte des Neuen Reiches (1996).\\n\\nA. M. Gnirs, \\u2018Coping With the Army: The Military and the State in the New Kingdom\\u2019, in J. C. Moreno Garc\\xeda (ed.), Ancient Egyptian Administration (2013), 639\\u2014717.\\n\\nR. Hari, Horemheb et la reine Moutnedjemet ou la fin d\\u2019une Dynastie (1965).\\n\\nW. Helck, Urkunden der 18. Dynastie: Ubersetzung zu den Heften 17\\u201322 (1961).\\n\\nJ.-M. Kruchten, Le d\\xe9cret d\\u2019Horemheb: traduction, commentaire \\xe9pigraphique, philologique et institutionnel (1981).\\n\\nK. Pfl\\xfcger, \\u2018The Edict of King Haremhab\\u2019, Journal of Near Eastern Studies 5 (1946), 260\\u201376.\\n\\nYouTube: Guy de la B\\xe9doyere, "Horemheb, the \'Enlightened Despot,\'" https://youtu.be/-jCEo21_hK4\\xa0\\n\\n\\nHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'