163: Nefertiti's Sister?
<p>Queen Mutnodjmet is a curious case. For some scholars, she <em>may</em> be the lost sister of Nefertiti. This hypothesis has kicked around for over 100 years. Why can’t we resolve it?</p><p>Episode details: </p><ul><li>Date: c.1330 BCE.</li><li>Music: "Hymn to Hathor," by Bettina Joy de Guzman <a href="www.bettinajoydeguzman.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.bettinajoydeguzman.com</a></li><li>Interludes by Luke Chaos <a href="https://twitter.com/luke_chaos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/luke_chaos</a></li><li>Find pictures and reference materials at <a href="www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com</a></li><li>Support the show at <a href="www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast</a></li></ul><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Queen Mutnodjmet is a curious case. For some scholars, she may be the lost sister of Nefertiti. This hypothesis has kicked around for over 100 years. Why can’t we resolve it?
Episode details:
- Date: c.1330 BCE.
- Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com.
- Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast.
- Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments.
- Music: "Hymn to Hathor," by Bettina Joy de Guzman www.bettinajoydeguzman.com
- Interludes by Luke Chaos https://twitter.com/luke_chaos
Select Bibliography:
- A. Dodson, Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation (2nd edn, 2017).
- M. Gabolde, Toutankhamon (2015).
- W. Grajetzki, Ancient Egyptian Queens: A Hieroglyphic Dictionary (2005).
- R. Hari, Horemheb et la reine Moutnedjemet ou la fin d’une Dynastie (1964).
- R. Hari, ‘La reine d’Horemheb était-elle la sœur de Nefertiti?’, Chronique d’Egypte 51 (1976), 39—46.
- G. T. Martin, Tutankhamun’s Regent: Scenes and Texts from the Memphite Tomb of Horemheb (2016).
- G. T. Martin, The Memphite Tomb of Ḥoremḥeb, Commander-in-Chief of Tutʻankhamūn, 1 (1989).
- G. T. Martin, The Hidden Tombs of Memphis (1991).
- E. Strouhal, ‘Queen Mutnodjmet at Memphis: Anthropological and Paleopathological Evidence’, in L’Egyptologie en 1979 (1982), 317—322.
- E. Strouhal and V. G. Callender, ‘A Profile of Queen Mutnodjmet’, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology (1992), 67—75.
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