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    The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 623min
    An engrossing biography of the longest-reigning female pharaoh in Ancient Egypt and the story of her audacious rise to power. Hatshepsut - the daughter of a general who usurped Egypt's throne and a mother with ties to the previous dynasty - was born into a privileged position in the royal household, and she was expected to bear the sons who would legitimize the reign of her father’s family. Her failure to produce a male heir was ultimately the twist of fate that paved the way for her improbable rule as a cross-dressing king. At just over twenty, Hatshepsut ascended to the rank of pharaoh in an elaborate coronation ceremony that set the tone for her spectacular reign as co-regent with Thutmose III, the infant king whose mother Hatshepsut out-maneuvered for a seat on the throne. Hatshepsut was a master strategist, cloaking her political power plays in the veil of piety and sexual reinvention. Just as women today face obstacles from a society that equates authority with masculinity, Hatshepsut shrewdly operated the levers of power to emerge as Egypt's second female pharaoh. Hatshepsut successfully negotiated a path from the royal nursery to the very pinnacle of authority, and her reign saw one of Ancient Egypt's most prolific building periods. Scholars have long speculated as to why her monuments were destroyed within a few decades of her death, all but erasing evidence of her unprecedented rule. Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, noted Egyptologist Kara Cooney offers a remarkable interpretation of how Hatshepsut rapidly but methodically consolidated power - and why she fell from public favor just as quickly. The Woman Who Would Be King traces the unconventional life of an almost-forgotten pharaoh and explores our complicated reactions to women in power. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kara Cooney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003995/bk_rand_003995_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    Ancient Egypt Government and Pharaohs : Stories of King Tut Hatshepsut Cleopatra VII and Other Pharaohs | History Books Grades 4-5 | Children's Ancient History
    Ancient Egypt Government and Pharaohs : Stories of King Tut Hatshepsut Cleopatra VII and Other Pharaohs | History Books Grades 4-5 | Children's Ancient History ab 5.99 € als epub eBook: . Aus dem Bereich: eBooks, Geschichte & Dokus,
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    The Crook and Flail: The She-King , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 520min
    The son of the god must take her rightful place on Egypt's throne. Hatshepsut longs for power, but she is constrained by her commitment to maat - the sacred order of righteousness, the way things must be. Her mother claims Hatshepsut is destined for Egypt's throne - not as the king's chief wife, but as the king herself, despite her female body. But a woman on the throne defies maat, and even Hatshepsut is not so bold as to risk the safety of the Two Lands for her own ends. As God's Wife of Amun, she believes she has found the perfect balance of power and maat, and has reconciled herself to contentment with her station. But even that peace is threatened when the powerful men of Egypt plot to replace her. They see her as nothing but a young woman, easily used for their own ends and discarded. But she is the son of the god Amun, and neither her strength nor her will can be so easily discounted. As the machinations of politics drive her into the hands of enemies and the arms of lovers, onto the battlefield and into the childbed, she comes face to face with maat itself – and must decide at last whether to surrender her birthright to a man, or to take up the crook and flail of the Pharaoh, and claim for herself the throne of the king. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amanda C. Miller. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/016104/bk_acx0_016104_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Pharaoh's Destiny: Pharaoh Queens Trilogy, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 594min
    The year is 1477 BCE, and history is about to change.... Hatshepsut, the great king’s wife, is thrust into a world of intrigue and politics when her husband, Pharaoh Thutmose, dies suddenly, leaving Egypt with an heir who is barely two years old. The Queen must step into the role of leader, and there are few whom she can trust. When Hatshepsut is crowned as Pharaoh, she grooms her daughter, Neferure, to take the place of heir, rather than Thutmose’s infant son from another woman. Neferure, though young, is still older than the boy who should by all rights be king. The future of Egypt rests in the hands of a single woman, the most powerful woman in the ancient world. Can Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s people accept her unorthodox reign and her plans to usurp the men’s place as rulers of a Kingdom, decreeing that only women are suitable leaders? ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Harriet Seed. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/101936/bk_acx0_101936_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    King and Goddess , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 842min
    In ancient Egypt, a woman might be king - but the price she paid would bind her soul for eternity. Hatshepsut, the Great Royal Wife, is bound in marriage to her brother, Thutmose, whom she despises. Unable to give him a son and heir, though she does produce a daughter, she sends him a surrogate and a distraction, the beautiful young concubine Isis. Isis provides him with an heir, but when the king dies while his son is yet a child, Hatshepsut raises herself from queen regent to ruling king. And all the while, the royal heir, the son of the concubine, watches and waits. Senenmut the scribe, sharp-tempered, arrogant, and much too intelligent for his own good, is sent to the queen as a servant and becomes her friend and more than friend. With Nehsi the Nubian, her loyal guardian, he defends her in both life and death and sets out to preserve her memory for everlasting. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Coleen Marlo. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/024207/bk_adbl_024207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    When Women Ruled the World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 555min
    This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra - women who ruled with real power - and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of women in power today.Female rulers are a rare phenomenon - but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today's world learn from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages and why we should care. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kara Cooney. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/011928/bk_blak_011928_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Women Who Rule (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    Where do you go to find models of powerful women? Hatshepsut, Circe, Antigone — the ancient world was full of them, real and mythic. For thousands of years, women ruled the world. Today we barely know their names. Why? This week we rediscover the women of ancient myths and legends. [Broadcast Date: June 13, 2018] Language: English. Narrator: Anne Strainchamps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/180613/rt_tbon_180613_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Women Who Rule (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    Where do you go to find models of powerful women? Hatshepsut, Circe, Antigone — the ancient world was full of them, real and mythic. For thousands of years, women ruled the world. Today we barely know their names. Why? This week we rediscover the women of ancient myths and legends. [Broadcast Date: June 9, 2018]   Language: English. Narrator: Anne Strainchamps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/190186/rt_tbon_190186_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    The Forest of Myrrh: Imhotep, Book 3 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 857min
    In the third novel about the ancient Egyptian Imhotep, the time traveler’s beloved wife, Meryt, is dying, his most powerful patron has been murdered, and the Third Dynasty is sinking into chaos. Desperate, Imhotep recruits an unlikely ally to help him save Meryt and to help him discover the killer of the Voice of Re. When his search is interrupted by a revolt that tears the Two Lands in half, Imhotep flees to the Temple of Khnum at the southern fringe of the dying empire. Surrounded by a rebel army, Imhotep frantically looks for a way for his family to survive. Passing through a makeshift time portal, he finds himself in the 18th dynasty, where Pharaoh Hatshepsut rules. Accompanying the ruler on an expedition to the fabled Land of Punt, Imhotep is enveloped by violence as a band of assassins attacks Pharaoh Hatshepsut in the Forest of Myrrh. The Forest of Myrrh is the third book in a highly praised tetralogy about the ancient Egyptian architect Imhotep. The first novel in the series is Imhotep. The second novel is The Buried Pyramid. The fourth is The Field of Reeds. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Clay Lomakayu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/127773/bk_acx0_127773_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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    To the Best of Our Knowledge: Women Who Rule (English), Hörbuch, Digital, 51min
    Where do you go to find models of powerful women? Hatshepsut, Circe, Antigone — the ancient world was full of them, real and mythic. For thousands of years, women ruled the world. Today we barely know their names. Why? This week we rediscover the women of ancient myths and legends. [Original Broadcast Date: June 9, 2018] Language: English. Narrator: Anne Strainchamps. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/rt/tbon/190041/rt_tbon_190041_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.
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