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To: blam

If this guy served when Hatshupset ruled, he didn’t do any fighting. Her major claim to fame [aside from usurping her stepson’s throne for over twenty years, and a truly magnificent tomb] was a trading expedition to Punt.

If he served under the stepson, Thutmoses III, he saw plenty of action.


10 posted on 02/15/2008 8:27:46 PM PST by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: PzLdr
Hatshepsut inherited, or rather usurped the throne of, an Egypt at peace, so it's true that there wasn't much action for soldiers at that time, but this soldier served during the 11th Dynasty, centuries earlier than Hatshepsut. :')
Based on the coffin's inscriptions and pottery found near it, experts date the burial to the early reign of the 11th dynasty... Soldiers played an important role in society during that time, when Egypt was reunified after years of civil war... The discovery of burials belonging to soldiers and mercenaries, who had elevated status in the wartime society, are even rarer, according to Salima Ikram, a professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo... "Because of their prominence in calming things down [after the civil war], they probably were wealthier and regarded with more honor than in early periods, and that is why they had nice burials."

15 posted on 02/15/2008 11:16:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________Profile updated Sunday, February 10, 2008)
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