Hatshepsut and Thotmusis III
Posted on 04/22/2006 12:50:00 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
A team of French and Egyptian archeologists have discovered two sets of nine solid gold cartouches bearing the name of Thotmusis III (who ruled from 1479-1425 BC) near the pharaoh's stepmother Queen Hatshepsut's temple in Luxor, 700 kilometres south of Cairo.
"These cartouches... which have the names of Hatshepsut and Thotmusis III have been found near Hatshepsut's obelisk which proves that the obelisk was erected by both rulers," said Zahi Hawass, Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities.
Thotmusis III, who was Hatshepsut's stepson and co-ruler after the death of his father Thotmusis II in 1479 BC, was widely regarded as having had strained relations with the queen. Thotmusis III was a child when his father died and the rule of the kindgom was initially put in the hands of Hatsheput.
Until the latest discovery, Egyptologists believed that Thotmusis III destroyed Hatshepsut's statues out of jealousy upon her death in 1458 BC, particularly the ones in Hatshepsut's temple in el Deir el Bahary in the southern city of Luxor.
"This goes against earlier views that Thotmusis III tried to hide Hatshepsut's obelisk when he took over as ruler and that he worked to erase any traces left by the queen," Hawass said.
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Posted on 03/26/2006 11:43:05 PM EST by SunkenCiv
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Jokes aside - the next question is "Then who *did* deface/destroy her obelisks?" Because IIRC, someone went through and did a pretty good job of obliterating her from history.
"Then who *did* deface/destroy her obelisks?"
Had to be the Talithebans!
The time line fits and something happened that caused her to be erased.
Considering that she was not only his stepmother but mother-in-law...ick and double ick!
She couldn't have been a very wealth pharaoh.
She couldn't even afford a shirt.
She spent her allowance on the cool hat.
And half sister. But throughout time, the pharaohs had a family tree that you do not wanna climb. :')
Father Time, which includes sometimes the hand of man. It's much simpler to grab dressed stone, treating existing but abandoned structures as quarries. That's what happened to the pyramid of Djedjefre, Khufu's son and successor.
They had this thing about bloodlines.
The successor had to be of the same womb, so there were a lot of brother-sister marriages and the like.
"And half sister. But throughout time, the pharaohs had a family tree that you do not wanna climb. :'"
Like they say in Arkansas, the family tree don't branch.
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