Hatchepsut: The Female PharaohViking, 1996 - 270 pages Queen - or, as she would prefer to be remembered, King - Hatchepsut was a remarkable woman. Born the eldest daughter of King Tuthmosis I, married to her half-brother Tuthmosis II, and guardian of her young stepson-nephew Tuthmosis III, Hatchepsut, the Female Pharaoh, brilliantly defied tradition and established herself on the divine throne of the pharaohs to become the female embodiment of a man, dressing in male clothing and even sporting the pharaoh's traditional false beard. Her reign was a carefully balanced period of internal peace, foreign exploration and monumental building, and Egypt prospered under her rule. After her death, however, a serious attempt was made to obliterate Hatchepsut's memory from the history of Egypt. Her monuments were either destroyed or usurped, her portraits were vandalized and, for over two thousand years, her name was forgotten. The political climate leading to Hatchepsut's unprecedented assumption of power and the principal achievements of her reign are considered in detail, and the vicious attacks on Hatchepsut's name and image are explored in full. By combining archaeological and historical evidence from a wide range of sources, Joyce Tyldesley provides the reader with an intriguing insight into life within the claustrophobic Theban royal family in early 18th Dynasty Egypt. At last, the Female Pharaoh is restored. |
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Page 53
... appear to have been married men , and we find no direct evidence for that classic harem servant , and butt of many a tasteless joke , the eunuch . While there might have been obvious advantages in employ- ing castrated men to work with ...
... appear to have been married men , and we find no direct evidence for that classic harem servant , and butt of many a tasteless joke , the eunuch . While there might have been obvious advantages in employ- ing castrated men to work with ...
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... appear in these scenes as symbolic appendages of the king ; they are not intended to be seen as independent individuals in their own right and indeed New Kingdom royal art is full of images of dependant royal woman who often appear as ...
... appear in these scenes as symbolic appendages of the king ; they are not intended to be seen as independent individuals in their own right and indeed New Kingdom royal art is full of images of dependant royal woman who often appear as ...
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... appear on the walls . The sanctuary itself , two dark , narrow interconnected rooms designed to hold the barque of Amen and the statue which represented the god himself , was carved with images of the celebration of the beautiful Feast ...
... appear on the walls . The sanctuary itself , two dark , narrow interconnected rooms designed to hold the barque of Amen and the statue which represented the god himself , was carved with images of the celebration of the beautiful Feast ...
Contents
Egypt in the Early | 15 |
The Tuthmosides | 43 |
Queen of Egypt | 70 |
Copyright | |
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