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65: Hatshepsut of Millions of Years

65: Hatshepsut of Millions of Years

Hatshepsut (Part 5): A Jubilee.

The History of Egypt Podcast

September 12, 20161h 7m

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Show Notes

A Sed-Festival. By 1485 BCE, Hatshepsut's subjects were bustling to prepare her grand jubilee. The sed-festival, held in year 16, celebrated an anniversary. But, an anniversary of what, exactly?


Select Bibliography:

  • Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would be King, 2014.
  • Peter Dorman, The Monuments of Senenmut, 1988.
  • Alan B. Lloyd, A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 2010.
  • William Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, volume II, 1978 (Book Online).
  • Todd Gillen, The Historical Inscription on Queen Hatshepsut’s Chapelle Rouge, 2005 (Article Online).
  • Websites:
  • UCL – Hatshepsut
  • UCLA – Digital Karnak, time of Hatshepsut
  • Maat-ka-ra.de – the Speos Artemidos

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