Chronicle of the queens of Egypt : from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra / Joyce Tyldesley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tyldesley, Joyce A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Queens--Egypt--History.

Queens.

Queens--Egypt--Biography.

Egypt.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson, 2006.

Contents:

Introduction: Royal Consorts and Female Kings 8

Dynasties 0-2: The First Queens: The Early Dynastic Period 3100-2650 BC 24

The Women of Abydos

The Goddess Neith

Dynasties 3-8: Queens of the Pyramid Age: The Old Kingdom 2650-2125 BC 36

Personal Hygiene

Fit for a Queen: The Treasures of Hetepheres I

The Vulture Headdress and Uraeus

Dynasties 9-17: Chaos and Rebirth: The First Intermediate Period, Middle Kingdom and Second Intermediate Period 2125-1539 BC 64

Wigs and Hairdressing

Women's Health and Childbirth

The Lahun and Dahshur Treasures

Women in Literature

The Double-Plumed Headdress

Dynasties 18-20: Queens of the Empire: The New Kingdom 1539-1069 BC 86

The God's 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

Nefertari's Painted Tomb

Personal Names

The Women of Deir el-Medina

Sexual Etiquette

Dynasties 21-31: Weakened Royal Power: The Third Intermediate Period and Late Period 1069-332 BC 172

The Burial of Maatkare

The Last Queens of Egypt: The Macedonian and Ptolemaic Periods 332-30 BC 188

What Did Cleopatra Look Like?

Cleopatra as Isis

Cleopatra Through the Ages

Chronology and Royal Couples List 212.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index.

ISBN:

0500051453

OCLC:

70059770

Publisher Number:

9780500051450