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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Page 47
... allowed its queens to play a more prominent role in matters of state , but that role never allowed the queen to take precedence over the all - powerful pharaoh while Hatchepsut , the seeming exception to this rule , only sought the ...
... allowed its queens to play a more prominent role in matters of state , but that role never allowed the queen to take precedence over the all - powerful pharaoh while Hatchepsut , the seeming exception to this rule , only sought the ...
Page 76
... allowed the pursuit of fast - moving creatures such as lions and ostriches . Middle Kingdom hunting had been a far more staid affair , with the brave huntsman standing still to fire arrows at a pre - herded and occasionally penned group ...
... allowed the pursuit of fast - moving creatures such as lions and ostriches . Middle Kingdom hunting had been a far more staid affair , with the brave huntsman standing still to fire arrows at a pre - herded and occasionally penned group ...
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... allowed to rise to the dizzy heights of consort , God's Wife and regent . Tuthmosis II was not com- pelled by either law or tradition to accept his sister as his chief wife and , even though Hatchepsut was a princess of the royal blood ...
... allowed to rise to the dizzy heights of consort , God's Wife and regent . Tuthmosis II was not com- pelled by either law or tradition to accept his sister as his chief wife and , even though Hatchepsut was a princess of the royal blood ...
Contents
Introduction | 6 |
Backdrop Egypt in the Early Eighteenth Dynasty | 15 |
A Strong Family The Tuthmosides | 43 |
Copyright | |
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