Posted on 04/05/2009 7:42:11 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
In 1903 the renowned archaeologist Howard Carter had found Hatshepsut's sarcophagus in the 20th tomb discovered in the Valley of the Kings -- KV20. The sarcophagus, one of three Hatshepsut had prepared, was empty. Scholars did not know where her mummy was or whether it had even survived the campaign to eradicate the record of her rule during the reign of her co-regent and ultimate successor, Thutmose III, when almost all the images of her as king were systematically chiseled off temples, monuments, and obelisks...
Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian Mummy Project and secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities... and a team of scientists zeroed in on a mummy they called KV60a, which had been discovered more than a century earlier but wasn't thought significant enough to remove from the floor of a minor tomb in the Valley of the Kings. KV60a had been cruising eternity without even the hospitality of a coffin, much less a retinue of figurines to perform royal chores. She had nothing to wear, either -- no headdress, no jewelry, no gold sandals or gold toe and finger coverings, none of the treasures that had been provided the pharaoh Tutankhamun, who was a pip-squeak of a king compared with Hatshepsut.
And even with all the high-tech methods used to crack one of Egypt's most notable missing person cases, if it had not been for the serendipitous discovery of a tooth, KV60a might still be lying alone in the dark, her royal name and status unacknowledged. Today she is enshrined in one of the two Royal Mummy Rooms at the Egyptian Museum, with plaques in Arabic and English proclaiming her to be Hatshepsut, the King Herself, reunited at long last with her extended family of fellow New Kingdom pharaohs.
(Excerpt) Read more at ngm.nationalgeographic.com ...
| Significant Events | Yrs from death of Thutmose I |
Regnal Year of Thutmose II |
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| Thutmose II assumes the throne | 1 | 1 | ||
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| Thutmose II dies, Thutmose II assumes the throne | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
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| Dedication inscription at Semma | 6 | 2 | ||
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| Hatshepsut assumes full titulary Senenmut's tomb started |
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| Donation stele of Senenmut | 8 | 8 | 4 | |
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| Punt expedition, Sinai Stela, Useramen appointed vizier, counting from the accession of Thutmose III ceases |
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| Menkheperre & Hatshepsut depicted together | 13 | 13 | 13 | |
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| Hatshepsut's obelisks begun | 15 | 15 | 15 | |
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| First actual joint dating | 16 | 16 | 16 | |
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Howard Carter also sleuthed the location of the tomb — high in a cliff face in the western desert — of Hatshepsut’s daughter. I don’t think it’s ever been properly excavated, but apparently had been robbed. Some bone fragments from the mummy appear to remain.
Months after mummy claim, DNA science still lags [Hatshepsut]
ctv.ca | Thursday, December 20, 2007 | Associated Press
Posted on 12/23/2007 5:41:53 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1943476/posts
At Empire's Edge
Exploring Rome's Egyptian Frontier
by Robert B. Johnson[T]he scenic Myos Hormos Road between the Red Sea and the Nile served as a vital artery through the Eastern Desert. Halfway along its path, in Wadi Hammamat, an astounding collection of graffiti and inscriptions attest to its commercial and political importance... These inscriptions, for example, reveal that Queen Hatshepsut's famous expedition to the land of Punt began along this route to the sea.
Speos Artemidos (Grotto of Artemis)About 2 miles southwest of Beni Hassan is the Cave of Artemis, which was hewn out of rock. It is located in the Batn el-Baqara wadi and is dedicated to the lion-goddess Pakhet (she who scratches), otherwise known as Artemis. There are scenes of offerings to various gods, but the most interesting thing here is an inscription over the entrance which states that Hatshepsut (18th Dynasty) has rid Egypt of the Hyksos. Actually, she did not.
Jimmy Dunn (?)
The sort-of illustrated, multi-page version of the article is here:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/hatshepsut/brown-text
Here’s a useful related topic:
Theban Mapping Project (Valley of the Kings etc)
Theban Mapping Project | 1980s to present | Kent Weeks et al
Posted on 01/13/2005 8:03:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1320504/posts
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KV 20 (Thutmes I and Hatshepsut)
Theban Mapping Project
KV 60 (Sit-Ra, called In (?))
Theban Mapping Project
Thanks JPB. The one I usually use was deleted from one of the free parking sites.
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