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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... 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 somehow managed to defy tradition and establish herself on the divine ...
... 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 somehow managed to defy tradition and establish herself on the divine ...
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... woman herself. However, this is where all agreement ends as the identical and rather limited set of facts has suggested radically diverse images of the same woman to different observers, to the extent that a casual reader browsing along ...
... woman herself. However, this is where all agreement ends as the identical and rather limited set of facts has suggested radically diverse images of the same woman to different observers, to the extent that a casual reader browsing along ...
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... woman who ruled amicably alongside her young stepson, steering her country through twenty peaceful, prosperous years. Though unmentioned in the Egyptian king lists, [she] as much deserves to be commemorated among the great monarchs of ...
... woman who ruled amicably alongside her young stepson, steering her country through twenty peaceful, prosperous years. Though unmentioned in the Egyptian king lists, [she] as much deserves to be commemorated among the great monarchs of ...
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... woman rather than a one-dimensional storybook character, cannot be simply classified as either 'good' or 'bad', most of these more extreme reactions have been abandoned. However, they have left their mark on the pages of the more ...
... woman rather than a one-dimensional storybook character, cannot be simply classified as either 'good' or 'bad', most of these more extreme reactions have been abandoned. However, they have left their mark on the pages of the more ...
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... woman – Hatchepsut as daughter, wife and mother – has been far more difficult to reach as we are lacking almost all the intimate details which can help a historical character come alive to the modern reader. Hatchepsut lived in a ...
... woman – Hatchepsut as daughter, wife and mother – has been far more difficult to reach as we are lacking almost all the intimate details which can help a historical character come alive to the modern reader. Hatchepsut lived in a ...
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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