Egypt
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- New Book: Tausret
Oxford University Press Tausret. Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson Description One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh...
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- Sister Of Cleopatra May Have Been Found
Times Online ARCHEOLOGISTS and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Cleopatra’s younger sister, murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen. The remains of Princess Arsinöe, put to death in 41BC on...
- Arsinoe Honours Rome With A Visit
The Roman Forum For the first time since the nineteenth century, Arsinoe exchanges her home in the Museo Civico del Palazzo Te di Mantova, Lombardia for the Capitoline museums of Rome where she will remain until 6 July. The loan of the serene bronze head...
- Arsinoe Ii King Of Lower Egypt
There is a new study of Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II the daughter of the founder of Egypt.s Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemy Soter and sister wife of king Ptolemy II. The author of the study Maria Nilson of Gothenburg University have found that the special...
Egypt
Did Queen Arsinoe rule as Pharaoh?
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A unique queen's crown with ancient symbols combined with a new method of studying status in Egyptian reliefs forms the basis for a re-interpretation of historical developments in Egypt in the period following the death of Alexander the Great. A thesis from the University of Gothenburg (Sweden) argues that Queen Arsinoë II ruled ancient Egypt as a female pharaoh, predating Cleopatra by 200 years.
Researchers are largely agreed on Queen Arsinoë II's importance from the day that she was deified. She was put on a level with the ancient goddesses Isis and Hathor, and was still respected and honoured 200 years after her death when her better-known descendant Cleopatra wore the same crown. But the reasons behind Arsinoë's huge influence have been interpreted in many different ways.
Maria Nilsson has studied her historical importance by interpreting her personal crown and its ancient symbols.
- New Book: Tausret
Oxford University Press Tausret. Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt Edited by Richard H. Wilkinson Description One of only a few women who ruled ancient Egypt as a king during its thousands of years of history, Tausret was the last pharaoh...
- Ptolemaic Gold Coin Found In Israel
CNN (Les Neuhaus) Many thanks to Rhio for the link. With a photo of, as he says, the very beautiful coin. A rare gold coin dating back 2,200 years was discovered by a combined university research team in Israel, a top Israeli antiquities official said...
- Sister Of Cleopatra May Have Been Found
Times Online ARCHEOLOGISTS and forensic experts believe they have identified the skeleton of Cleopatra’s younger sister, murdered more than 2,000 years ago on the orders of the Egyptian queen. The remains of Princess Arsinöe, put to death in 41BC on...
- Arsinoe Honours Rome With A Visit
The Roman Forum For the first time since the nineteenth century, Arsinoe exchanges her home in the Museo Civico del Palazzo Te di Mantova, Lombardia for the Capitoline museums of Rome where she will remain until 6 July. The loan of the serene bronze head...
- Arsinoe Ii King Of Lower Egypt
There is a new study of Ptolemaic queen Arsinoe II the daughter of the founder of Egypt.s Ptolemaic dynasty Ptolemy Soter and sister wife of king Ptolemy II. The author of the study Maria Nilson of Gothenburg University have found that the special...