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The King's Councillors
Episode 7 of 13
Cyril Aldred explores the role of the palace officials, who helped the pharaoh to govern and supervised the building of irrigation canals and the construction of temples, tombs and pyramids.
It was the officials of the palace, a sort of privy council, who helped the pharaoh to govern. They controlled the revenue of the land, the growing of food and the raising of herds. Many were practical experts who supervised the building of irrigation canals and the construction of temples, tombs and pyramids.
Introduced by Cyril Aldred from the Tutankhamun Exhibition at the British Museum.
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