Well, tonight's the night: the Discovery Channel presents its documentary on the identification of Hatshepsut this evening. There are lots of useful bits of information about the New Kingdom pharaoh on About.com, most of which were assembled by the talented and lovely guide to Women's History, Jone Johnson Lewis. Take a look before, during, and after the program:
An unidentified female mummy from tomb KV60, later identified as the real Hatshepsut.
Photo Credit: Discovery Channel
An unidentified female mummy from tomb KV60, later identified as the real Hatshepsut.
Photo Credit: Discovery Channel
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Program Notes
- Review: Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
- Interview with Kara Cooney FAQ
- Why Did Hatshepsut Become Queen?
- Was Hatshepsut a Wicked Stepmother?
- Why Did Hatshepsut Stay King?
- How was Hatshepsut Identified? Background on the New Kingdom
- Hatshepsut's History: The Trouble with Titles
- Hatshepsut and Ancient Egyptian Theology of Kingship
- Woman Power: Women of the Eighteenth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt
- Dating Hatshepsut's Reign
- Hatshepsut's Palace
- The Mummy Cache at Deir el Bahri
Premiere dates and times for Discovery Channel's Secrets of Egypt’s Lost Queen:
- US July 15 at 9:00 p.m. (ET/PT)
- Asia July 15 at 9:00 p.m.
- Australia/NZ July 15 at 7:30 p.m.
- Latin America July 15 at 9:00 p.m. (local time Brasilia, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Mexico City, Miami and Santiago)/8 p.m. (Bogota time)
- UK July 17 at 8:00 p.m.
- Taiwan July 22 at 9:00 p.m.
- Italy October 20 at 9:00 p.m.
Comments
Dear Ms. Hirst,
I am not an archeologist, but rather a bibologist. I believe the bible. Perhaps you may quit reading at this point – but I am curious if science and the bible similarly point to the same truth. In my own mind, I believe they do – and was interested to see the PBS documentary tonight on Hapshetsut’s mummy being linked to the cartouche with her liver, intestines, and a tooth fragment. Of course, I was MORE interested in what they found DNA-wise – but that was swept under the carpet for a few more years. I suppose it is difficult to immediately gain results – and it does take time – but IS this mummy the mummy of Hatshepsut OR could it still be her nurse? And, what if someone dropped the tooth in the box. I mean, it all seems too simple. And, yet – I’d like to believe that it’s entirely true.
I live in PA and recently went to view the ‘King Tut’ exhibit (this summer 2007) with a friend. It was facinating to me to view all these artifacts close up – as personally, I believe it was Hatshepsut that brought Moses up as her own son. Also, I find it interesting that in the 18th dynasty the name ‘mosis’ is everywhere. Thutmosis, etc.
Now, I suppose that this message may seem random and going everywhere at once – but my basic question is…does finding a tooth in a box make for real discovery. How do we know it was not the tooth of her nurse – dropped in? Is there going to be some kind of connection soon with DNA which would be far more believable? Was it typical to drop teeth in these boxes? Just wondering. Susan