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Hatshepsut, from queen to Pharaoh

The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt's early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, she in time assumed the title of king and exercised the full powers of the throne as senior co-ruler. In accordance with Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut was often depicted as a male king. After her death, however, monuments bearing her image were ruthlessly defaced, and her name was erased from historical accounts. Hatshepsut's rise to power and the nature of her kingship have long been debated by scholars. This fascinating period, one of immense artistic creativity, is illuminated by this volume's rich presentation of monumental royal sculpture and reliefs, ceremonial objects, exquisite personal items for everyday use, and dazzling jewelry. Essays focus on influences from the neighboring Near East, Nubia, and the Aegean; the innovative architecture built by Hatshepsut; powerful figures in the royal court during her reign; archaeological finds from this period; and mysteries surrounding the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues and the obliteration of her name. The first in-depth treatment of the subject, Daughter of Re is an important investigation into the impact of Hatshepsut's reign on the history, culture, and artistic output of Egypt. ... Publisher description
Print Book, English, ©2005
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; Yale University Press, New York, New Haven, ©2005
exhibition catalogs
xv, 339 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm
9781588391728, 9781588391735, 9780300111392, 1588391728, 1588391736, 0300111398
61123054
Models of authority: Hatshepsut's predecessors in power
The burial of a royal woman and child of the late seventeenth dynasty
Art in transition: the rise of the eighteenth dynasty and the emergence of the Thutmoside style in sculpture and relief
Painting in the early eighteenth dynasty
Egypt and Nubia: conflict with the kingdom of Kush
Egypt and the near east: evidence of contact in the material record
Glass
The tomb of Maiherperi in the Valley of the Kings
Egypt and the Aegean: cultural convergence in a Thutmoside palace at Avaris
The role of Amun
Hatshepsut: princess to queen to co-ruler
The tomb of Ramose and Hatnefer
The joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
The royal court
The career of Senenmut
Senenmut, royal tutor to princess Neferure
The statuary of Senenmut
The tombs of Senenmut
The temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri
Foundation deposits for the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri
Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri: architecture as political statement
The statuary of Hatshepsut
The shrines to Hathor at Deir el-Bahri
The temple of Mut: new evidence on Hatshepsut's building activity
The two tombs of Hatshepsut
Jewelry in the early eighteenth dynasty
Cosmetic equipment
Pottery and stone vessels in the reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III
Figure vases
Animal vases
Metalwork
Furniture and carpentry
After Hatshepsut: the military campaigns of Thutmose III
The proscription of Hatshepsut
The destruction of the statues of Hatshepsut from Deir el-Bahri
Erasing a reign
The temple of Thutmose III at Deir el-Bahri
A chronology: the later history and excavations of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri
Hatshepsut's reputation in history
Catalogue to an exhibition at the MH de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, from October 15, 2005, to February 5, 2006; at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from March 21 to July 9, 2006; and at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, August 24 to December 31, 2006