Hatchepsut: The Female PharaohPenguin UK, 1998 M01 29 - 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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... known as the Admonitions of Ipuwer, for example, we are told how 'merriment has ceased and is made no more, and groaning is throughout the land... the land is left to its weakness like a cutting of flax';10 a clear and deliberate ...
... known as the Admonitions of Ipuwer, for example, we are told how 'merriment has ceased and is made no more, and groaning is throughout the land... the land is left to its weakness like a cutting of flax';10 a clear and deliberate ...
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... known, but they are worth repeating at this point as they have a direct effect on our reconstruction of Egyptian society. Throughout their history, the dynastic Egyptians took the view that, while their temples and tombs should be built ...
... known, but they are worth repeating at this point as they have a direct effect on our reconstruction of Egyptian society. Throughout their history, the dynastic Egyptians took the view that, while their temples and tombs should be built ...
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... known as ostraca (singular ostracon). Again, this evidence needs to be approached with an appropriate degree of caution; we should never lose sight of the fact that the written record is incomplete, randomly selected, and carries its ...
... known as ostraca (singular ostracon). Again, this evidence needs to be approached with an appropriate degree of caution; we should never lose sight of the fact that the written record is incomplete, randomly selected, and carries its ...
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... known by the Greek version of his name, Tuthmosis, and the state gods Amen and Re are often rendered as Amun and Ra. Some authorities have devised their own exclusive variants. Sir Alan Gardiner, for example, consistently uses Pwene in ...
... known by the Greek version of his name, Tuthmosis, and the state gods Amen and Re are often rendered as Amun and Ra. Some authorities have devised their own exclusive variants. Sir Alan Gardiner, for example, consistently uses Pwene in ...
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... known texts, inscriptions and narrative stories were composed. The writings of the Old Kingdom had been brief, formal and very self-conscious in style. Middle Kingdom compositions are both longer and far more fluent; the ...
... known texts, inscriptions and narrative stories were composed. The writings of the Old Kingdom had been brief, formal and very self-conscious in style. Middle Kingdom compositions are both longer and far more fluent; the ...
Contents
The Tuthmosides | |
Queen of Egypt | |
King of Egypt | |
War and Peace | |
Propaganda in Stone | |
Greatest of the Great | |
The End and the Aftermath | |
Notes | |
Further Reading | |
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18th Dynasty Ahmose Nefertari Amenhotep Amenhotep III Ancient Egypt Ancient Egyptian archaeological barque building burial chamber carved Chapelle Rouge co-regent coffin consort cult daughter death Deir el-Bahri temple depicted divine Djeser-Djeseru early 18th Dynasty Egyptian Archaeology egyptologists evidence excavation father female funerary God's Wife goddess gods harem Hatchepsut Hatchepsut's reign Hathor Horus Hyksos inscription Intermediate Period Journal of Egyptian Kamose Karnak temple King Hatchepsut king of Egypt King's Lady land London Lower Egypt maat Maatkare Majesty male Metropolitan Museum Middle Kingdom military monarch monuments mortuary temple mother mud-brick mummy Naville Neferure Nile Nubia obelisks official Old Kingdom palace pharaoh Prince Princess Punt Queen Ahmose Ramesses Ramesses II record regnal role royal family rule ruler sarcophagus scenes Senenmut shrine sister Speos Artemidos statues stela suggest Temple of Amen Temple of Deir Theban Thebes throne Tomb 71 traditional Tuthmosis III Valley walls Winlock woman women