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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... position of trust to steal the throne from a defenceless child, thereby cutting short the reign one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs, Tuthmosis III. Hatchepsut was a bad-tempered, 'shrewd, ambitious and unscrupulous woman [who soon] ...
... position of trust to steal the throne from a defenceless child, thereby cutting short the reign one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs, Tuthmosis III. Hatchepsut was a bad-tempered, 'shrewd, ambitious and unscrupulous woman [who soon] ...
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... position of Egypt, her people and her gods within that world, which had remained basically unchanged for over a thousand years. The 18th Dynasty monarchs therefore felt the need not only to emulate the physical deeds of their ...
... position of Egypt, her people and her gods within that world, which had remained basically unchanged for over a thousand years. The 18th Dynasty monarchs therefore felt the need not only to emulate the physical deeds of their ...
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... position of the royal family. By ensuring that the powers and rights of the pharaoh could not be openly questioned without posing a threat to the security of the country (that is, without threatening the presence of maat) the ruling ...
... position of the royal family. By ensuring that the powers and rights of the pharaoh could not be openly questioned without posing a threat to the security of the country (that is, without threatening the presence of maat) the ruling ...
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... of Itj-Tawy (a northern city lying somewhere between the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis and the mouth. 1. of the Faiyum), their position as absolute rulers greatly strengthened. Backdrop: Egypt in the Early Eighteenth Dynasty.
... of Itj-Tawy (a northern city lying somewhere between the Old Kingdom capital of Memphis and the mouth. 1. of the Faiyum), their position as absolute rulers greatly strengthened. Backdrop: Egypt in the Early Eighteenth Dynasty.
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The Female Pharaoh Joyce Tyldesley. of the Faiyum), their position as absolute rulers greatly strengthened by a well-planned series of civil service reforms aimed at restricting the power of the wealthy nobles who, after the local ...
The Female Pharaoh Joyce Tyldesley. of the Faiyum), their position as absolute rulers greatly strengthened by a well-planned series of civil service reforms aimed at restricting the power of the wealthy nobles who, after the local ...
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