Author: * Mirjam Nebet -
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Date: Nov 12, 2006 - 11:52
I recently got this book, itīs newly issued, and havenīt had time to do more about it than browse but it is surely a complement to the Chronicles of the Pharaohs by Peter A. Clayton. Itīs a MUST! ;)
Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt. From Early Dynastic Times to the Death of Cleopatra by Joyce Tyldesley. Thames & Hudson, ISBN-13: 978-0-500-05145-0. ISBN-10: 0-500-05145-3.
Content in short:
Dynasties 0-2: The First Queens.
Special Features:
The Women of Abydos The Goddess Neith.
Dynasties 3-8: Queens of the Pyramid Age.
Special Features:
Personal Hygiene
Fit for a Queen: The Treasuers of Hetepheres I
The Vulture Headdress and Uraeus.
Dynasties 9-17: Chaos And Rebirth
Special Features:
Wigs and Hairdressing
Womensī Health and Childbirth
The Lahun and Dahsur Treasures
Women in Literature
The double-Plumed Headdress.
Dynasties 18-20: Queens of the Empire
Special Features
The Godīs Wife of Amun
The Oracle
The Royal Temple at Deir el-Bahari
The Gurob Head of Queen Tiy
Female Sphinxes
The Berlin Head of Nefertiti
Food
Nefertariīs Painted Tomb
Personal Names
The Women of Deir el-Medina
Sexual Etiquette.
Dynasties 21-31: Weakened Royal Power
Special Features:
The Burial of Maatkare.
Pages 188-209: The Last Queens of Egypt
Special Features:
What Did Cleopatra Look Like?
Cleopatra as Isis
Cleopatra Through the Ages.
Pages 212-213: Chronology and Royal Couples List.
Page 214: Notes.
Pages 215-217: Illustration Credits.
Pages 219-224: Index.
Tyldesley goes through each and every queen and is very thorough. She relates what is known, what images or statues remain etc. and she is also generous with side explanations and gives insight in the history of discovery of locations, tombs etc. A warmly recommended book!
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