[SunkenCiv]

It depends on what your meaning of is is.

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"To look upon her was more beautiful than anything; her splendor and her form were divine," read an inscription on one of the many images commemorating Hatshepsut's rule. The head of one of her desecrated statues (above) was reassembled from fragments discovered in 1928. The dark square on her forehead is the remnant of the hacked-off uraeus, or symbol of royalty [Metropolitan Museum of Art]

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[Talking_Mouse]

Thank you so much for posting this very interesting article. I had been taught the prevailing wisdom of the time that Hatshepsut was an evil usurper.

However to learn that her reign was long and prosperous, that she did not keep Thutmose III imprisoned at the palace, but had him learning to be a soldier (which he later showed he learned very well), and that he did not start "erasing" her until the end of his reign is fascinating.

There are two quotes that help tie this together for me. The first being the one explaining why Thutmose III may have "erased" her:
But Dorman suggests that Hatshepsut's unconventional reign may have been too successful, a dangerous precedent "best erased," he writes in the catalog, "to prevent the possibility of another powerful female ever inserting herself into the long line of Egyptian male kings."

The second being why schools may have for so long taught incorrectly about Hatshepsut:
But so much of what was written about Hatshepsut, I think, had to do with who the archaeologists were...gentlemen scholars of a certain generation."

[nickcarraway]

Is this supposed to be preparing us for Hillary?

[Dustbunny]

Judging from this reassembled image, she was very feminine looking and really quite beautiful.

[tomzz]

Queen of Thebes/Sheba. Big article by Emmet Sweeney in latest issue of Charles Ginenthal's journal.