Manchester University Helps With Pharaoh Analysis (Hatshepsut)

Eureka Alert ^ | 7-16-2007 | University Of Manchester

[SunkenCiv]

Hatshepsut Found; Thutmose I Lost
by Mark Rose
July 15, 2007

So, the pool of contenders for identification as Hatshepsut: KV60A (from the tomb and dubbed "the strong one" for the show), KV 60B (from the nurse's coffin), DB320A (called "the screaming one" because her mouth is open), and DB320B ("the serene one"). Dennis Forbes has pointed out that "the serene one" is in fact Unknown Woman D from KV35, often thought to be the 19th Dynasty queen Tausert. DB320B is often thought to be Tetisheri, matriarch of the 18th Dynasty. And we have Thutmose II and III for comparison, along with "Thutmose I." These all get run through a CT scanner in the museum's basement and that's when the fun begins. Who will be voted off Hatshepsut's Island? Who will be Pharaoh for a Day?

Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, examines a possible royal mummy in KV60, left. Four mummies, one of which might be Hatshepsut's, right. (Discovery Communications)

[SunkenCiv]

dead link, from a file:

The Lost Pharaoh
by Gaile Robinson
Friday, Aug. 25, 2006

The story of her ascendancy and eventual disappearance, as well as more than 200 artifacts created during and shortly after her reign, are on exhibit in "Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharoah," which opens Sunday at the Kimbell Art Museum. There are still holes in her story, and new interpretations arise every decade. It is known that she was the daughter of a king, Thutmose I, and that she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, a common practice among Egyptian royal families to ensure the bloodline. Thutmose II became pharaoh and died soon after leaving Hatshepsut and her daughter Neferure, and a secondary wife, Isis, mother of Thutmose III... She could not officially rule, because she was not the king's mother. Hatshepsut crowned herself king (yes, king) to strengthen her claim to the throne. Once she became king, though, she could not step down, not even when Thutmose came of age... Hatshepsut died around 1458 B.C., and 20 years later, Thutmose III began a systematic eradication of all evidence of her as a pharaoh. Images of her as a queen were left intact, but those of Hatshepsut in a short skirt and the double crown were defaced... For quite some time, it was believed this was a retaliatory measure of an angry stepson against an evil stepmother. But recent scholars say that, had that been the case, Thutmose would have not waited almost two decades to begin his assault on her history.

Egypt is trying to show the world its commitment to equality (uh, which doesn't exist).

[wildbill]

i was worried it would cause you some ankhst.

[reagan_fanatic]

Not to be confused with the tomb of King Hatshempsut...

[jpl]

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.egyptsites.co.uk/middle/minya/antar.html

in the lengthy text the queen describes the chaos of Hyksos rule and extols the benefits of her own reign and her restoration of the damage they caused...it is possible that the Hyksos may have been used in the text as a metaphor for chaos...

( It would be interesting to read the full text.)

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.basarchive.org/sample/bswbPrintPage.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=7&Issue=5&ArticleID=4

This inscription has long been known and was first published in 1880. It is famous because of its reference to Asiatics or the Hyksos invaders of Egypt. No one previous to Professor Goedicke however, has related the inscription to the Exodus.

The inscription was translated by Sir Alan H. Gardiner, the dean of hieroglyphic translators, in an article published in 1946 (“Davies’ copy of the Great Speos Artemidos Inscription,” Journal of Egyptian Archaeology Vol. 32, p. 43.). Gardiner referred to the inscription as a “difficult text” and concluded his translation with these words: “I cannot refrain from once more stressing the highly speculative nature of my results.”

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.ancientneareast.net/texts/egyptian/speos_artemidos.html

The Speos Artemidos Inscription of Hatshepsut

[Fred Nerks]

http://www.specialtyinterests.net/sheba.html

The Timing and Direction of the Voyage

[SunkenCiv]

It just made me cross. ;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks!

[fish hawk]

I watched that too. A little bit Hollywood but still very interesting.

[wildbill]

Cross? Cross? That’s outside the bounds. Aswan who learned punt rules on Mummy’s lapiz, I harden my heart and become o so wary of you.

[SunkenCiv]

I Thutmose people wouldn’t get that.

[wildbill]

Let my people goyim?

[SunkenCiv]

Moses didn’t plague games.

[SunkenCiv]

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Died in Pain
by Rossella Lorenzi
Discovery News
July 2, 2007

Obese, plagued with decayed teeth and perhaps a skin disease, Queen Hatshepsut might have spent her last days in pain... Bald in front but with long hair in back, the mummy shows an overweight woman just over 5 feet tall, who died at about 50... The daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I and wife of Tuthmosis II, her half-brother, Hatshepsut reigned from 1498 to 1483 B.C. as the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty... When her husband-brother died, Hatshepsut became regent for the boy-king Tuthmosis III, the child of Tuthmosis II and a concubine... Examination of the mummy's mouth and her missing molar, which led to her identification as Hatshepsut, revealed very poor dental hygiene... Obesity and poor oral hygiene suggested to Selim and colleagues that she might have suffered from diabetes... One thing, however, is certain: Hatshepsut had cancer, cancer that had metastasized.