Archive for the 'Queen Hatshepsut' Category

Hatshepsut Poetry : Speak to Me

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Poetry These poems are taken from Hatshepsut, Speak to Me by Ruth Whitman [Wayne SU Press, Detroit: 1992] HATSHEPSUT: When I was six my father Thutmose the First lifted me up to sit beside him on his throne of Amen.

Hatshepsut

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Hatshepsut was born in the 18th Dynasty.  This Dynasty is also referred too as the New Kingdom.

Life of Hatshepsut (1479-1457BC)

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Hatshepsut (1479 – 1457 BC) Queen Hatshepsut (left) was the first great woman in recorded history: the forerunner of such figures as Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I.

The Story of Queen Hatshepsut

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

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Queen Hatshepsut Pharaoh

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

During the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, large carved Buddhist sculptures on cliff walls were desecrated. Photos documenting the Buddhas before and after their destruction were featured in the exhibit Afghanistan: A Timeless History that I saw at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston in 2002. The exhibition was introduced with a statement and photo of [...]