Tausret [[electronic resource] ] : forgotten queen and pharaoh of Egypt / / edited by Richard H. Wilkinson

• Pubblicazione: Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 p.)
• Disciplina: 932
• Soggetto topico: Queens - Egypt
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt History To 332 B.C; Egypt Antiquities
• Altri autori: WilkinsonRichard H
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Altenmüller -- "Beautiful in Thebes" : the memorial temple of Tausert / Richard H. Wilkinson.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Tausret
• ISBN: 0-19-991234-3; 1-280-59367-9; 9786613623508; 0-19-992315-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996201665003316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno