Hatshepsut (Part VII): The End of Days
1473 BCE. After a long life, and an accomplished reign, Maat-ka-Re Hatshepsut died in regnal year 22. We thank some of those who made her reign possible, explore her legacy, and touch on the strange situation of her tomb. Do we have her mummy? We explore that, too.
Bibliography
- Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would Be King, 2014.
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- Alan R. Schulman, “Some Remarks on the Alleged “Fall” of Senenmut,” JARCE 8 (1969).
- Filip Taterka, “Hatshepsut and Senenmut or the Secret Affairs of the Egyptian State,” in D. Lewandowska et al (eds.), Cupido Dominandi (2015).
- Betsy M. Bryan et al (eds.), Creativity and Innovation in the Reign of Hatshepsut (2014).
You said that her mummy hadn’t been verified by DNA. Does that mean that the reports of Zahi Hawass doing DNA tests on her mummy and other comparisons that I read on the net are incorrect? I found a couple of mentions of this and one was at : https://www.livescience.com/7336-mummy-reveals-egyptian-queen-fat-balding-bearded.html#:~:text=The%20identity%20of%20Hatshepsut%20is%20significant%20because%20this,matched%20a%20tooth%20socket%20in%20the%20mummy%E2%80%99s%20jaw.
The survivability of ancient DNA is a scientifically controversial topic. Check my recent interviews with Kara Cooney and Aidan Dodson for more detail.
Oh, thanks! I’ve haven’t gotten there yet. Sorry!
No problem 🙂