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Het land Punt
Reliëf uit Deir el-Bahri met palmbomen, mirrebomen en paalwoningenOver de historische geografie is veel minder bekend dan historische atlassen suggereren. Dat ligt niet aan de geografie, want het gebeurt maar zelden dat een nieuwe berg verrijst of een rivier haar loop verlegt. Het probleem is de aard van onze bronnen: fragmentarisch, ambigu. Dat we een antieke plaats niet op de landkaart kunnen aanwijzen, is dus bepaald geen mysterie. Het is een gewoon aspect van de wijze waarop we de Oudheid kennen.
Tekstueel bewijs
Zo is er de kwestie van het land Punt (of Pwenet). Het wordt genoemd in een paar Egyptische teksten, waarvan de oudste ergens rond 2500 v.Chr. is geschreven. De daarop volgende dertien eeuwen voeren de Egyptenaren zo nu en dan – onthoud dit punt – naar Punt, en verwierven daar ebbenhout, dieren, mirre en andere geurstoffen, die ze ruilden tegen textiel, graan en edelmetaal. Zoals wel vaker beschreven de Egyptenaren ook dit buitenland in half-mythische termen, een “land der goden”.
Ondanks die vage beschrijvingen, is het vermoeden gewettigd dat Punt lag aan de Rode Zee, want in de Egyptische havenstad Marsa Gawasis is een inscriptie gevonden uit de tijd van koning Amenemhet III (eind negentiende eeuw v.Chr.) die verwijst naar een expeditie naar Punt. Even verderop lagen houten containers uit de tijd van Amenemhet IV, met opschriften die je zou kunnen vertalen als “Made in Punt”. Een inscriptie uit de zestiende eeuw v.Chr. vermeldt een gevecht tussen Egypte en zijn zuiderbuur Kush (Nubië; zeg maar Noord-Soedan), dat versterking kreeg van krijgers uit Punt. Zelfs als deze tekst fictie is, suggereert het dat Punt in of bij Soedan lag.
Het tekstueel bewijs brengt ons dus naar een land aan de Rode Zee ter hoogte van Soedan: Eritrea, Djibouti, Jemen of eventueel Somalië. Dat is nog altijd een kuststrook van zo’n 2300 kilometer (pakweg van Amsterdam naar Messina). Al met al nogal vaag.
Ander bewijs
Het naamkundig bewijs voegt een extra mogelijkheid toe. Onze landgenoot W.F.G. Lacroix attendeerde op de mogelijkheid dat Pwenet weleens een oude vorm kan zijn van Pwani, het Swahili-woord voor “kuststrook”. (De weggevallen T is een vrouwelijke uitgang voor een plaatsnaam.) Dit suggereert een meer zuidelijke locatie, in de richting van Kenia.
Een derde bewijscategorie is het beeldmateriaal. Uit Deir el-Bahri zijn illustraties bekend van de expeditie die koningin Hatshepsut in haar negende regeringsjaar (rond 1500 v.Chr.) uitzond naar Punt: beroemde reliëfs, waarop palmen en mirrebomen zijn te zien en paalwoningen. We zien ook de graatmagere koning Perehu en de dikke koningin Eti. Op de terugweg namen de Egyptenaren van alles mee, inclusief bavianen, die duidelijk zijn afgebeeld. Een interessant detail is dat de schepen geen kiel hebben en dus rivierschepen zijn. Dan lag Punt dus stroomopwaarts langs de Blauwe Nijl in het hoogland van Ethiopië, of aan de bovenloop van de Witte Nijl in Zuid-Soedan of misschien wel voorbij de Sudd in Uganda. Dit past eigenlijk beter bij de inscriptie die krijgers uit Punt noemt in een Kushitisch leger.
Thoth als baviaan (Kúra Hulanda, Willemstad)Tot slot is er het bioarcheologische bewijsmateriaal, dat de afgelopen jaren met veel tamtam is gepresenteerd. Er zijn mummies bekend van bavianen, dieren die van nature niet in Egypte voorkomen en moeten zijn geïmporteerd. (Geen van de gemummificeerde apen werd ouder dan tien.) Uit isotopenonderzoek is gebleken dat het voedingspatroon van de in Egypte gevonden bavianen duidt op een herkomst in Ethiopië, Djibouti en Eritrea. Dezelfde isoscape kan echter ook elders zijn voorgekomen. Los daarvan behoort oostelijk Afrika niet tot de gebieden met de meest nauwkeurige isotopenkaart.
Inconsistent bewijs
Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopië, Jemen, Kenia, Soedan, Somalië, Uganda en Zuid-Soedan zijn dus allemaal weleens genoemd. Minimaal kunnen we zeggen dat het bewijsmateriaal inconsistent is en een overtuigende identificatie vooralsnog niet goed mogelijk.
De verklaring voor de inconsistentie kán zijn dat niet alle teksten over Punt verwijzen naar hetzelfde gebied. De Egyptenaren voeren immers slechts zo nu en dan naar Punt, en het is daarom denkbaar dat ze hun inkopen deden op verschillende plaatsen. Om een parallel aan te halen uit eigen land: de naam “Friezen” verwijst in de eerste eeuw na Chr. vermoedelijk naar Noord-Holland, later naar alle gebied benoorden de Rijn en nog later naar het huidige Fryslân. Dat de Friezen in de eerste eeuw in Noord-Holland woonden, is trouwens ook veel minder zeker dan de historische atlas toont. Hoewel deze dubieuze identificatie eveneens illustratief is voor de onzekerheid van de historische geografie, vormt zij toch een ander verhaal.
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Een tijdje geleden vertelde Wil Kuijpers hier over zijn archeologische werk. Hij presenteert zijn boek Het Romeinse castellum Spijk-Rindern. Een materiaalstudie en interpretatie van baggervondsten uit Spijk aanstaande vrijdag in het Valkhof Museum in Nijmegen. De inloop is vanaf 12:15, het eigenlijk programma duurt van 13:00 tot 15:00 en daarna is er een borrel. U bent welkom!
#AmenemhetIII #AmenemhetIV #baviaan #DeirElBahri #Friezen #Hatshepsut #historischeGeografie #isoscape #isotopenonderzoek #Kush #MarsaGawasis #Nijl #Punt #RodeZee #Sudd #WFGLacroix -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/373467/ Could Moses Have Been Hiding in Egypt’s Records All Along? #AncientEgypt #ArchaeologicalDiscovery #ArmstrongInstitute #BibleHistory #BiblicalArchaeology #BiblicalEvidence #BookOfExodus #ChristianNews #Egypt #EgyptianHistory #Hatshepsut #Moses #senenmut
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At our June meeting (Sunday 7th June, ONLINE via Zoom) Dr Filip Taterka will give a talk on "Hatshepsut and Senenmut: A Romantic History?" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #hatshepsut #senenmut #ancientHistory
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At our June meeting (Sunday 7th June, ONLINE via Zoom) Dr Filip Taterka will give a talk on "Hatshepsut and Senenmut: A Romantic History?" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #hatshepsut #senenmut #ancientHistory
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At our June meeting (Sunday 7th June, ONLINE via Zoom) Dr Filip Taterka will give a talk on "Hatshepsut and Senenmut: A Romantic History?" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #hatshepsut #senenmut #ancientHistory
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At our June meeting (Sunday 7th June, ONLINE via Zoom) Dr Filip Taterka will give a talk on "Hatshepsut and Senenmut: A Romantic History?" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #hatshepsut #senenmut #ancientHistory
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Seated Statue of Hatshepsut, c 1479–1458 bce https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/22/seated-statue-of-hatshepsut-c-1479-1458-bce/ #hatshepsut #hermeneuticon #iconomancy -
https://www.europesays.com/africa/132620/ What Lies Under Cairo: Inside the Newly Discovered 4,000-Year-Old Egyptian Tomb #000YearOldEgyptianTomb #4 #AncientEgyptianBurialTraditions #ArchaeologicalDiscoveriesInCairo #Egypt #EgyptianHieroglyphs #Hatshepsut #NewKingdomEgypt #PreservationOfAncientArtifacts #RoyalTombsOfAncientEgypt #ThutmoseII
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Continuamos el día visitando el templo de #Hatshepsut. Un templo en honor al dios Amon Ra, situado cerca del Valle de los Reyes.
El templo se encuentra levantado a las faldas de los acantilados y se conserva bastante bien. Algo que hace que la vista sea aún más impresionante. -
Continuamos el día visitando el templo de #Hatshepsut. Un templo en honor al dios Amon Ra, situado cerca del Valle de los Reyes.
El templo se encuentra levantado a las faldas de los acantilados y se conserva bastante bien. Algo que hace que la vista sea aún más impresionante. -
Continuamos el día visitando el templo de #Hatshepsut. Un templo en honor al dios Amon Ra, situado cerca del Valle de los Reyes.
El templo se encuentra levantado a las faldas de los acantilados y se conserva bastante bien. Algo que hace que la vista sea aún más impresionante. -
Continuamos el día visitando el templo de #Hatshepsut. Un templo en honor al dios Amon Ra, situado cerca del Valle de los Reyes.
El templo se encuentra levantado a las faldas de los acantilados y se conserva bastante bien. Algo que hace que la vista sea aún más impresionante. -
An extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh. LOVED this book! Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #Bookstagram #DaughterofEgypt #MarieBenedict #Netgalley #ARCReview #ALC #KingTut #LadyCarnarvon #Hatshepsut
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An extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh. LOVED this book! Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #Bookstagram #DaughterofEgypt #MarieBenedict #Netgalley #ARCReview #ALC #KingTut #LadyCarnarvon #Hatshepsut
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An extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh. LOVED this book! Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #Bookstagram #DaughterofEgypt #MarieBenedict #Netgalley #ARCReview #ALC #KingTut #LadyCarnarvon #Hatshepsut
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An extraordinary story of the woman who helped uncover Tutankhamun's tomb and the mystery behind Egypt’s first woman Pharaoh. LOVED this book! Review-> #BookThreads #BookSky #BookReview #Bookstagram #DaughterofEgypt #MarieBenedict #Netgalley #ARCReview #ALC #KingTut #LadyCarnarvon #Hatshepsut
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For our October meeting (Sunday 5th, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Dr Campbell Price who will give a talk on "The Afterlives of Senenmut" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #senenmut #hatshepsut #ancientHistory
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For our October meeting (Sunday 5th, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Dr Campbell Price who will give a talk on "The Afterlives of Senenmut" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #senenmut #hatshepsut #ancientHistory
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For our October meeting (Sunday 5th, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Dr Campbell Price who will give a talk on "The Afterlives of Senenmut" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #senenmut #hatshepsut #ancientHistory
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For our October meeting (Sunday 5th, ONLINE via Zoom) we welcome back Dr Campbell Price who will give a talk on "The Afterlives of Senenmut" (1/4)
#egyptology #ancientEgypt #senenmut #hatshepsut #ancientHistory
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El Gran Museo Egipcio abre sus puertas con grandeza faraónica | vía #UChileRadio
https://radio.uchile.cl/2025/09/07/el-gran-museo-egipcio-abre-sus-puertas-con-grandeza-faraonica/
#akhenatón #cultura #egipto #faraón #giza #granmuseodeegipto #hatshepsut #kheops #tutankhamon
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El Gran Museo Egipcio abre sus puertas con grandeza faraónica | vía #UChileRadio
https://radio.uchile.cl/2025/09/07/el-gran-museo-egipcio-abre-sus-puertas-con-grandeza-faraonica/
#akhenatón #cultura #egipto #faraón #giza #granmuseodeegipto #hatshepsut #kheops #tutankhamon
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"We are the Hatshepsut and the Putputpsut."
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"We are the Hatshepsut and the Putputpsut."
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"We are the Hatshepsut and the Putputpsut."
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Hatshepsut Statue Destruction #ancientegypt #hatshepsut
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Hatshepsut Statue Destruction #ancientegypt #hatshepsut
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👃 Got your nose!, antiquity edition.
Ever wondered why so many ancient statues are missing their #noses? Well, there might be a reason for that.
🏺 The case of #Hatshepsut:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/ancient-egyptian-queen-statues-not-destroyed-out-of-hatred-but-deactivated-study-finds via @theartnewspaper
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👃 Got your nose!, antiquity edition.
Ever wondered why so many ancient statues are missing their #noses? Well, there might be a reason for that.
🏺 The case of #Hatshepsut:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/ancient-egyptian-queen-statues-not-destroyed-out-of-hatred-but-deactivated-study-finds via @theartnewspaper
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👃 Got your nose!, antiquity edition.
Ever wondered why so many ancient statues are missing their #noses? Well, there might be a reason for that.
🏺 The case of #Hatshepsut:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/ancient-egyptian-queen-statues-not-destroyed-out-of-hatred-but-deactivated-study-finds via @theartnewspaper
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👃 Got your nose!, antiquity edition.
Ever wondered why so many ancient statues are missing their #noses? Well, there might be a reason for that.
🏺 The case of #Hatshepsut:
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/24/ancient-egyptian-queen-statues-not-destroyed-out-of-hatred-but-deactivated-study-finds via @theartnewspaper
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CPA Bateau the Egyptians According to low relief paints maritime Expedition Somalis queen Hatshopsouitou Egypt
https://www.cpaphil.com/en/products/pages/3?search=egypt
#Egypt #AncientEgypt #Hatshepsut #MaritimeExpedition #EgyptianQueen #PharaonicArt #LowRelief #TempleRelief #VintagePostcard #CPAEgypt
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CPA Bateau the Egyptians According to low relief paints maritime Expedition Somalis queen Hatshopsouitou Egypt www.cpaphil.com/en/p... #Egypt #AncientEgypt #Hatshepsut #MaritimeExpedition #EgyptianQueen #PharaonicArt #LowRelief #TempleRelief #VintagePostcard #CPAEgypt
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👑🗿🌄 No fue odio: revelan el ritual en la destrucción de las estatuas de la reina Hatshepsut en el antiguo Egipto.
🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/Cf5-d78pJWg?si=YvIh_t9O2zBs-EKA
#Hatshepsut #EgiptoAntiguo #RitualesEgipcios #Arqueología #Faraones #Estatuas #Descubrimientos
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👑🗿🌄 No fue odio: revelan el ritual en la destrucción de las estatuas de la reina Hatshepsut en el antiguo Egipto.
🔗 https://youtube.com/shorts/Cf5-d78pJWg?si=YvIh_t9O2zBs-EKA
#Hatshepsut #EgiptoAntiguo #RitualesEgipcios #Arqueología #Faraones #Estatuas #Descubrimientos
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For centuries, we thought Queen Hatshepsut’s statues were smashed by a vengeful successor. But new research reveals a forgotten Egyptian ritual: “statue deactivation” — a spiritual safeguard, not destruction.
It’s time to rewrite history.
More details → https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/06/queen-hatshepsut-statues-destruction-ritual-history.html#Hatshepsut #AncientEgypt #Archaeology #WomenInHistory #MastodonHistory
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For centuries, we thought Queen Hatshepsut’s statues were smashed by a vengeful successor. But new research reveals a forgotten Egyptian ritual: “statue deactivation” — a spiritual safeguard, not destruction.
It’s time to rewrite history.
More details → https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/06/queen-hatshepsut-statues-destruction-ritual-history.html#Hatshepsut #AncientEgypt #Archaeology #WomenInHistory #MastodonHistory
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For centuries, we thought Queen Hatshepsut’s statues were smashed by a vengeful successor. But new research reveals a forgotten Egyptian ritual: “statue deactivation” — a spiritual safeguard, not destruction.
It’s time to rewrite history.
More details → https://www.utubepublisher.in/2025/06/queen-hatshepsut-statues-destruction-ritual-history.html#Hatshepsut #AncientEgypt #Archaeology #WomenInHistory #MastodonHistory
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🟡 Ship of Hatshepsut Egypt Loaded 1493BCE Punt Expedition
#Africa, #Ancient, #Egypt, #Hatasu, #Hatshepsut, #Nile, #Pharoah, #Punt, #Queen, #Ships, #Somalia, #Trade
Vintage ◦ Classic ◦ Historical | Art ◦ Design ◦ Inspiration | Restored ◦ Enhanced ◦ Remixed
Prints, T-Shirts, Stickers, & More by @rocketshipretro via RedBubble → https://bigplanetprints.com/go/kyqbId -
#ThutmoseII is perhaps best known for the events set into motion by his death around age 30. #Hatshepsut, his wife & half-sister, ruled after him — first as regent & then as one of the few female #pharaohs, her reign marked by prolific construction as well as artistic, architectural & economic advancement.
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#ThutmoseII is perhaps best known for the events set into motion by his death around age 30. #Hatshepsut, his wife & half-sister, ruled after him — first as regent & then as one of the few female #pharaohs, her reign marked by prolific construction as well as artistic, architectural & economic advancement.
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#ThutmoseII is perhaps best known for the events set into motion by his death around age 30. #Hatshepsut, his wife & half-sister, ruled after him — first as regent & then as one of the few female #pharaohs, her reign marked by prolific construction as well as artistic, architectural & economic advancement.
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#ThutmoseII is perhaps best known for the events set into motion by his death around age 30. #Hatshepsut, his wife & half-sister, ruled after him — first as regent & then as one of the few female #pharaohs, her reign marked by prolific construction as well as artistic, architectural & economic advancement.
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ✧
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Hatshepsut, a pharoah of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, around the 15th century BC. Located opposite the city of Luxor, the temple's three terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut'...
#Hatshepsut #Deirel-Bahari #EighthPylon #Luxor #Wikipedia
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𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ✧
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Hatshepsut, a pharoah of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, around the 15th century BC. Located opposite the city of Luxor, the temple's three terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut'...
#Hatshepsut #Deirel-Bahari #EighthPylon #Luxor #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_temple_of_Hatshepsut -
𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬
✧ mortuary temple of Hatshepsut ✧
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Hatshepsut, a pharoah of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, around the 15th century BC. Located opposite the city of Luxor, the temple's three terraces rise above the desert floor and into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari. Hatshepsut'...
#Hatshepsut #Deirel-Bahari #EighthPylon #Luxor #Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_temple_of_Hatshepsut -
Help people find the specific posts even a day later still, please.
There are HUNDREDS of posts on tags like #history + science fiction each week, if not each day alone. #Filmstodon's tag is entirely unsearchable even a day later if you don't boost, fave or bookmark some spotted post about some movie (never tagged by names, only the generic, half useless #) straight off.
If you post about #Hatshepsut, please tag her by name. No, history isn't enough to find mentions about her, nor Egypt alone.
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Help people find the specific posts even a day later still, please.
There are HUNDREDS of posts on tags like #history + science fiction each week, if not each day alone. #Filmstodon's tag is entirely unsearchable even a day later if you don't boost, fave or bookmark some spotted post about some movie (never tagged by names, only the generic, half useless #) straight off.
If you post about #Hatshepsut, please tag her by name. No, history isn't enough to find mentions about her, nor Egypt alone.
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by Joshua J. Mark (one of the sources for my "Women in the Ancient World" presentation)
19 October 2016"Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458 BCE) was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of #pharaoh. Her name means 'Foremost of Noble Women' or 'She is First Among Noble Women'. She began her reign as regent to her stepson Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE) who would succeed her.
"Initially, she ruled as a woman as depicted in statuary but, at around the seventh year of her reign, she chose to be depicted as a #MalePharaoh in statuary and reliefs though still referring to herself as female in her inscriptions. She was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty during the period known as the New Kingdom (c. 1570 to c. 1069 BCE) and regarded as one of the most #prosperous and the era of the Egyptian Empire.
"Although she is sometimes cited as the first female ruler of Egypt, or the only one, there were women who reigned before her such as #Merneith (r. c. 3000 BCE) in the Early Dynastic Period (probably as regent) and #Sobeknefru (r. c. 1807-1802 BCE) in the Middle Kingdom and #Twosret (r. 1191-1190 BCE) after her toward the end of the 19th Dynasty. Hatshepsut, though not the first or last, is undoubtedly the best-known female ruler of ancient Egypt after #Cleopatra VII (r. c. 69-30 BCE) and one of the most successful monarchs in Egyptian history."
Read more:
https://www.worldhistory.org/hatshepsut/#AncientEgypt #FemaleRulers #AncientHistory #WomensRights #AncientWomen #Histodon
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by Joshua J. Mark (one of the sources for my "Women in the Ancient World" presentation)
19 October 2016"Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458 BCE) was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of #pharaoh. Her name means 'Foremost of Noble Women' or 'She is First Among Noble Women'. She began her reign as regent to her stepson Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE) who would succeed her.
"Initially, she ruled as a woman as depicted in statuary but, at around the seventh year of her reign, she chose to be depicted as a #MalePharaoh in statuary and reliefs though still referring to herself as female in her inscriptions. She was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty during the period known as the New Kingdom (c. 1570 to c. 1069 BCE) and regarded as one of the most #prosperous and the era of the Egyptian Empire.
"Although she is sometimes cited as the first female ruler of Egypt, or the only one, there were women who reigned before her such as #Merneith (r. c. 3000 BCE) in the Early Dynastic Period (probably as regent) and #Sobeknefru (r. c. 1807-1802 BCE) in the Middle Kingdom and #Twosret (r. 1191-1190 BCE) after her toward the end of the 19th Dynasty. Hatshepsut, though not the first or last, is undoubtedly the best-known female ruler of ancient Egypt after #Cleopatra VII (r. c. 69-30 BCE) and one of the most successful monarchs in Egyptian history."
Read more:
https://www.worldhistory.org/hatshepsut/#AncientEgypt #FemaleRulers #AncientHistory #WomensRights #AncientWomen #Histodon
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by Joshua J. Mark (one of the sources for my "Women in the Ancient World" presentation)
19 October 2016"Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458 BCE) was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of #pharaoh. Her name means 'Foremost of Noble Women' or 'She is First Among Noble Women'. She began her reign as regent to her stepson Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE) who would succeed her.
"Initially, she ruled as a woman as depicted in statuary but, at around the seventh year of her reign, she chose to be depicted as a #MalePharaoh in statuary and reliefs though still referring to herself as female in her inscriptions. She was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty during the period known as the New Kingdom (c. 1570 to c. 1069 BCE) and regarded as one of the most #prosperous and the era of the Egyptian Empire.
"Although she is sometimes cited as the first female ruler of Egypt, or the only one, there were women who reigned before her such as #Merneith (r. c. 3000 BCE) in the Early Dynastic Period (probably as regent) and #Sobeknefru (r. c. 1807-1802 BCE) in the Middle Kingdom and #Twosret (r. 1191-1190 BCE) after her toward the end of the 19th Dynasty. Hatshepsut, though not the first or last, is undoubtedly the best-known female ruler of ancient Egypt after #Cleopatra VII (r. c. 69-30 BCE) and one of the most successful monarchs in Egyptian history."
Read more:
https://www.worldhistory.org/hatshepsut/#AncientEgypt #FemaleRulers #AncientHistory #WomensRights #AncientWomen #Histodon
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#Egyptology This week, the annual conference 'Poles on the Nile' will take place at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The conference will be held entirely in English and will be streamed on Zoom. You can hear four papers related to the work at the temple of #Hatshepsut. The full program is available at http://polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/ Free registration at http://polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/2023/05/25/registration-form/?fbclid=IwAR2IwXgdkMhC3zjClffpxrcm_f9lzfYOEkPn-oiKoj0Ij64i83DkZOQEoOo
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@oatmeal If they wanted to portray a Black or multi-racial Egyptian female Pharoah, #Hatshepsut would’ve been a better choice. Or #Nefertiti as a Queen. My guess is #netflix wanted a controversy.
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@oatmeal If they wanted to portray a Black or multi-racial Egyptian female Pharoah, #Hatshepsut would’ve been a better choice. Or #Nefertiti as a Queen. My guess is #netflix wanted a controversy.
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@oatmeal If they wanted to portray a Black or multi-racial Egyptian female Pharoah, #Hatshepsut would’ve been a better choice. Or #Nefertiti as a Queen. My guess is #netflix wanted a controversy.
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Temple of Hatshepsut Explained - Luxor - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfO8wOZY5sUQuite well done, with no "new age" rubbish. Includes 3D reconstructions.
See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Hatshepsut
