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62: Holy of Holies

62: Holy of Holies

Hatshepsut (Part 2): Legitimacy and Worship.

The History of Egypt Podcast

July 11, 201629m 42s

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Show Notes

Hatshepsut, King of Egypt. In 1488 BCE, Hatshepsut made her most daring move. She pushed her newphew (Thutmose III) to one side and proclaimed herself King of Upper and Lower Egypt. At a stroke, Egypt had two kings, ruling at once...


Select Bibliography:

  • Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008.
  • Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994.
  • Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would be King, 2014.
  • James H. Breasted, Ancient Records of Egypt, vol. II, 1906.
  • Catherine A. Roehrig (editor), Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh, 2005.
  • Edouard Naville, The Temple of Deir el-Bahari, vols. V and VI, 1906.
  • Marta Sankiewicz, “The ‘co-regency’ of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III in light of iconography in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari,” Current Research in Egyptology 2010, 2011. Read Online.
  • Betsy M. Bryan (editor), Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut, 2014.

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