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The woman who would be king / Kara Cooney.

By: Publication details: New York : Crown, 2014.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans, maps on endpapers ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780307956767
  • 0307956768
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT87.15 .C66 2014
Contents:
Divine origins -- A place of her own -- King's great wife -- Regent for a baby king -- The climb toward kingship -- Keeping the kingship -- The king becomes a man -- The setting sun -- The king is dead; long live the king -- Lost legacy.
Summary: A portrait of the longest-reigning woman pharaoh in Ancient Egypt draws on surviving artifacts to consider her unprecedented rise, her achievements and why most of her monuments were destroyed after her death.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks DT87.15 .C66 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001444685

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-289) and index.

Divine origins -- A place of her own -- King's great wife -- Regent for a baby king -- The climb toward kingship -- Keeping the kingship -- The king becomes a man -- The setting sun -- The king is dead; long live the king -- Lost legacy.

A portrait of the longest-reigning woman pharaoh in Ancient Egypt draws on surviving artifacts to consider her unprecedented rise, her achievements and why most of her monuments were destroyed after her death.

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