Chronicles of the Queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra

Chronicles of the Queens of Egypt: from early dynastic times to the death of Cleopatra

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.

Joyce Tyldesley

New York, NY : Thames & Hudson

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.

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