Hatchepsut - the female pharaoh

av Tyldesley, Joyce A.

Inbunden bok. Viking. 1996. 270 sidor.

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”Queen - or, as she would preferred 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 youngest 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 rein 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 more than 2000 years, her name was forgotten.”