Tausret : forgotten queen and pharaoh of Egypt / edited by Richard H. Wilkinson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wilkinson, Richard H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tausert, Queen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt, active approximately 1187 B.C.-1185 B.C.

Tausert.

Tausert, Queen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt, active approximately 1187 B.C.-1185 B.C--Tomb.

Tausert, Queen, consort of Seti II, King of Egypt, active approximately 1187 B.C.-1185 B.C--Monuments.

Queens--Egypt--Biography.

Queens.

Egypt--History--To 332 B.C.

Egypt.

Egypt--Antiquities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh of the 19th dynasty (c. 1200 BCE), the last ruling descendent of Ramesses the Great, and one of only two female monarchs buried in Egypt's renowned Valley of the Kings. Though mentioned even in Homer as the pharaoh of Egypt who interacted with Helen at the time of the Trojan War, she has long remained a figure shrouded in mystery, hardly known even by many Egyptologists. Nevertheless, recent archaeological discoveries have illuminated Tausret's importance, her accomp

Contents:

Chronology

The queen who would be king / Richard H. Wilkinson

Foremost of women : the female pharaohs of ancient Egypt / Joyce Tyldesley

Female Horus : the life and reign of Tausert / Gae Callender

Forgotten treasures : Tausert as seen in her monuments / Catharine Roehrig

A queen in a valley of kings : the tomb of Tausert / Hartwig Altenmuller

"Beautiful in Thebes" : the memorial temple of Tausert / Richard H. Wilkinson.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on Apr. 19, 2012).

ISBN:

0-19-991234-3

1-280-59367-9

9786613623508

0-19-992315-9

OCLC:

780444998