Egypt's Lost Queens
2014 · 60 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 131 VOTES · DIR. Ian A. Hunt
Overview
Professor Joann Fletcher explores what it was like to be a woman of power in ancient Egypt. Through a wealth of spectacular buildings, personal artefacts and amazing tombs, Joann brings to life four of ancient Egypt's most powerful female rulers and discovers the remarkable influence wielded by women, whose power and freedom was unique in the ancient world. Throughout Egypt's history, women held the title of pharaoh no fewer than 15 times, and many other women played key roles in running the state and shaping every aspect of life. Joann Fletcher puts these influential women back at the heart of our understanding, revealing the other half of ancient Egypt.
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00:00:17 The lives and deaths of its leading characters still fascinate us today.
00:02:16 but generations to come.
00:04:36 and from this pair, so began all human kind.
00:07:19 this landscape was a very special landscape.
00:09:54 is a fantastic work of art.
00:12:28 Hetepheres was the source of everything here.
00:15:02 They couldn't read any sacred inscription.
00:17:23 rather than disturbing the peace of her tomb
00:19:50 all the valuable goods, the beads, the bangles
00:22:41 At almost 30 metres high
00:25:02 Bringing up the ceremonial rear
00:27:14 and for now, female rule was over.
00:30:05 Meaning 'the loveliest one of all'
00:32:38 In short, it's only half the story.
00:35:24 and once they're in that position
00:37:57 its scenes are so delicate that access is limited.
00:40:07 the judgment of the dead scene
00:42:27 It's full of warmth, full of sisterly felicitations.
00:44:39 and start looking at these scenes in a more logical
00:46:54 building on a legacy inherited from the most famous Greek of them all -
00:49:12 that anyone else can possibly bring.
00:51:45 And yet, her coins had another very useful purpose
00:54:30 as late as the 6th century AD
00:56:31 the sun disk, the great creator of all life.