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"During the last half of the fourteenth century BC, Egypt was perhaps at the height of its prosperity. It was against this background that the "Amarna Revolution" occurred. Throughout, its instigator, King Akhenaten, had at his side his Great Wife, Nefertiti. When a painted bust of the queen found at Amarna in 1912 was first revealed to the public in the 1920s, it soon became one of the great artistic icons of the world. Nefertitis name and face are perhaps the best known of any royal woman of ancient Egypt and one of the best recognized figures of antiquity, but her image has come in many ways to overshadow the woman herself. Nefertitis current world dominion as a cultural and artistic icon presents an interesting contrast with the way in which she was actively written out of history soon after her own death. This book explores what we can reconstruct of the life of the queen, tracing the way in which she and her image emerged in the wake of the first tentative decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs during the 1820s-1840s, and then took on the world over the next century and beyond. All indications are that her final fate was a tragic one, but although every effort was made to wipe out Nefertitis memory after her death, modern archaeology has rescued the queen-pharaoh from obscurity and set her on the road to todays international status."--Publishers description.

Nefertiti, Queen of Egypt, active 14th century B.C. --- Egypt--History--Eighteenth dynasty, ca. 1570-1320 B.C. --- Queens--Egypt--Biography. --- Egypt --- Archaeology --- History --- Social Science

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Biographie de Bérénice II, princesse libyenne devenue reine d'Egypte après son mariage avec Ptolémée Evergète, troisième roi de la dynastie lagide, qui régna sur l'Egypte grecque

Queens --- Reines --- Biography --- Biographies --- Berenice, --- Egypt --- Egypte --- History --- Histoire --- Queens - Egypt - Biography --- Berenice, - Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt, - approximately 270 B.C.-221 B.C. --- Egypt - History - 332-30 B.C.

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Queens --- Reines --- Biography. --- Biographies --- Berenice, --- In literature --- Egypt --- Egypte --- History --- Histoire --- Bérénice II (reine d'Egypte ; 0270?-0221 av. J.-C.) --- In literature. --- Bérénice --- Queens - Egypt - Biography --- Berenice, - Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt, - approximately 270 B.C.-221 B.C. --- Berenice, - Queen, consort of Ptolemy III, King of Egypt, - approximately 270 B.C.-221 B.C. - In literature --- Egypt - History - 332-30 B.C.

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"Scholars have long known that the Ptolemaic monarchy of Egypt underwent a transformation between 323 and 30 B.C. The queens of that dynasty started as subordinates of the kings but ended as their superiors. Exactly when and how this change occurred has proven problematic for modern scholars. R.A. Hazzard argues that this change was put in motion by Ptolemy II, who glorified his sister Arsinoe and made acceptable a civilian style of kingship based on piety towards his real and mythical ancestors. Ptolemy's support and elevation of his sister inspired the queens of the line to assert themselves at the expense of their male associates. The process culminated in the absolute rule of Kleopatra VII after 47 B.C." "Hazzard presents a clear argument based on the numismatic, epigraphical, papyrological, literary, and historical sources."--Jacket.

Monarchy --- -Propaganda, Egyptian --- Queens --- -Egyptian propaganda --- Royalty --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Women --- Courts and courtiers --- Empresses --- Kings and rulers --- Kingdom (Monarchy) --- Executive power --- Political science --- Royalists --- History --- Biography --- Ptolemaic dynasty --- Egypt --- -Monarchy --- Egypte --- Ägypten --- Egitto --- Egipet --- Egiptos --- Miṣr --- Southern Region (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Region (United Arab Republic) --- Iqlīm al-Janūbī (United Arab Republic) --- Egyptian Territory (United Arab Republic) --- Egipat --- Arab Republic of Egypt --- A.R.E. --- ARE (Arab Republic of Egypt) --- Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah --- Mitsrayim --- Egipt --- Ijiptʻŭ --- Misri --- Ancient Egypt --- Gouvernement royal égyptien --- -Propaganda, Egyptian. --- Propaganda, Egyptian. --- Egyptian propaganda --- Ptolemaic dynasty, --- History. --- Propaganda, Egyptian --- Biography. --- 332-30 B.C. --- Ptolemaic dynasty, - 305-30 B.C. --- Monarchy - Egypt - History. --- Queens - Egypt - History. --- Queens - Egypt - Biography.