| Description |
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-217) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : royal consorts and female kings -- Dynasties 0-2. The first queens : the early dynastic period, 3100-2650 BC ; The women of Abydos ; The Goddess Neith -- Dynasties 3-8. Queens of the pyramid age : the old kingdom, 2650-2125 BC ; 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 ; 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 ; 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 the late period, 1069-332 BC ; The burial of Maatkare -- The last queens of Egypt : the Macedonian and Ptolemaic periods, 332-30 BC ; What did Cleopatra look like? ; Cleopatra as Isis ; Cleopatra through the ages -- Chronology and royal couples list. |
| Summary |
An illustrated study of the queens of ancient Egypt ranges from the early dynastic period to the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC, offering a biographical portrait of each queen, along with information on the era in which she lived and her influence on Egyptian history. |
| Subject |
Queens -- Egypt -- History.
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Queens -- Egypt -- Biography.
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Egypt -- History -- To 332 B.C.
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Egypt -- History -- 332 B.C.-30 B.C.
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Queens. (OCoLC)fst01085637
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Egypt. (OCoLC)fst01208755
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| Chronological Term |
To 30 B.C.
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Tyldesley, Joyce A. Chronicle of the queens of Egypt. New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2006 (OCoLC)607732579 |
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Online version: Tyldesley, Joyce A. Chronicle of the queens of Egypt. New York, NY : Thames & Hudson, 2006 (OCoLC)608082719 |
| ISBN |
0500051453 |
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9780500051450 |
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