Hatchepsut: The Female PharaohPenguin Books Limited, 1998 - 304 pages Queen - or, as she would prefer to be remembered King - Hatchepsut was an astonishing woman. Brilliantly defying tradition she became the female embodiment of a male role, dressing in men's clothes and even wearing a false beard. Forgotten until Egptologists deciphered hieroglyphics in the 1820's, she has since been subject to intense speculation about her actions and motivations. Combining archaeological and historical evidence from a wide range of sources, Joyce Tyldesley's dazzling piece of detection strips away the myths and misconceptions and finally restores the female pharaoh to her rightful place. |
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... God's Wife of Amen ' , an honour which came with its own endow- ment of goods and land plus a staff of male administrators and which , given the rising importance of the cult of Amen at this time , was a clear indication of the enhanced ...
... God's Wife of Amen ' , an honour which came with its own endow- ment of goods and land plus a staff of male administrators and which , given the rising importance of the cult of Amen at this time , was a clear indication of the enhanced ...
Page 60
... God's Wife ' , is an unmistak- able reference to the masturbation which produced the first gods , Shu and Tefnut . The role of ' God's Wife of Amen ' was passed down from Ahmose Nefertari to her daughter Meritamen , and then to Hatch ...
... God's Wife ' , is an unmistak- able reference to the masturbation which produced the first gods , Shu and Tefnut . The role of ' God's Wife of Amen ' was passed down from Ahmose Nefertari to her daughter Meritamen , and then to Hatch ...
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... God's Wife to participate in the ritual aspects of her role and to ensure the preservation of maat . As Hatchepsut could not act simulta- neously as both God's Wife and King her own daughter , herself the daughter of a king ( or rather ...
... God's Wife to participate in the ritual aspects of her role and to ensure the preservation of maat . As Hatchepsut could not act simulta- neously as both God's Wife and King her own daughter , herself the daughter of a king ( or rather ...
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
Backdrop Egypt in the Early Eighteenth Dynasty | 15 |
A Strong Family The Tuthmosides | 43 |
Copyright | |
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