Queens of Ancient Egypt by Term Paper

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"Silent Images: Women in Pharaonic Egypt" By Zahi Hawas looks at the daily life of the ancient Egyptian woman from the perspective of modern Egypt, but this book also focuses on the average woman.

Joyce Tyldesley's "Nefertiti: Egypt's Sun Queen" is a historical biography and covers only the life of Nefertiti.

A work with a similar title, "Lady of Two Lands" by Elizabeth Delisi is about Hattie Williams, an artist, who is transported back to the time of the pharaohs in ancient Egypt, a time when women had no rights or power. Hatshepsut persuades her to masquerade as queen and help protect Egypt. The story plays off the true facts of the female pharaoh's reign and the suspected romance between her and Senemut. Ms. Delisi writes an intriguing book, but it is based on loosely woven facts, and the historical accuracy is in doubt.

Five Queens of Ancient Egypt is different from these other books.

It is historically accurate. It discusses all five queens and not only relates what is actually known about these exciting women but also shows the fascinating process by which this information has been extracted from a few scattered clues.


Conclusion

I highly recommend this book. The author has put together an amazingly detailed view of the women and their times. Created for the general reader, it is well researched and organized into palatable chapters. It is not possible for any historian to give readers a strong sense of the individual personalities of the women, the evidence simply isn't there; but this author has managed to reconstruct from scant evidence, an interesting and accurate chronicle of the five women, and has helped to bring the queens of Egypt out of the shadows.

About the Author

Leonard Cottrell is a British author and archaeologist. He was a graduate of King Edward's Grammar School, Birmingham. He was a commentator, writer, and producer for the British Broadcasting Corporation until 1960, when he resigned to devote himself to writing. During World War II he was stationed in the Mediterranean with the Royal Air Force as a war correspondent. Among his many books are The Bull of Minos (1958), The Great Invasion (1958), Realms of Gold (1963), Egypt (1965), and Lost Civilizations (1974).

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