In 1828, Jean-François Champollion discovered the partially erased name of a pharaoh, accompanied by feminine titles and conjugation. He was very puzzled - pictorially, the pharaoh was male, but hieroglyphically, he was a ‘she’.
Piecing together the sparse clues, a story emerged that the woman pharaoh had kept her step-son, the rightful heir, off the throne. Forgotten for thousands of years, Hatshepsut, the She-King of Egypt, emerged two centuries ago as an evil, power-hungry stepmother.
However, using forensic evidence from the mummified remains, discovered in 1989, the truth of Hatshepsut's life and reign emerges.
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Music featured in this programme:
Samai Shadd-Araban - Al-Kindi Ensemble
Wasla Baghdadia - Al-Kindi Ensemble
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10 авг 2014
