Tyldesley, Joyce A.

Hatchepsut : the female pharaoh / Joyce Tyldesley. - 1st ed. - London : Penguin, 1998. - xiii, 270 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-257) and index.

Introduction -- Backdrop : Egypt in the early eighteenth dynasty -- A strong family : the Tuthmosides -- Queen of Egypt -- King of Egypt -- War and peace -- Propaganda in stone -- Senenmut : greatest of the great -- The end and the aftermath -- Notes -- Further reading.

Study of the life of Egyptian Queen Hatchepsut, the female pharaoh whose name was almost forgotten due to attempts to erase her memory from the history of Egypt despite a reign characterized by internal peace, foreign exploration, monumental building, and prosperity.

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Hatshepsut, King of Egypt.
Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt.
Hatschepsut (�Agypten, K�onigin)


1570 - 1320 B.C.


Queens--Egypt--Biography.
Queens.
Fara�os--Egito antigo.
Mulher (aspectos politico-s�ocio-econ�omicos)--Egito antigo.
Civiliza�c�ao eg�ipcia--Egito antigo.
Biographie.


Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C.
Egypt.


Biography.

DT 87.15 .T95 1998