Hatshepsut - The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

This museum is another offering from the United States. Their online collection has 4 Hatshepsut related items on display, which you will see by following the above link.

The items are:

* Foundation Stone
* Scarab - Hatshepsut
* Scarab - Neferure (her first appearance on this blog)
* Wall Fragment

Regards,
Stuart

Recommended Magazine

Since August 2009 i have been subscribing to the Ancient Egypt Magazine. It covers all periods and is packed full of great articles and updates, which just adds to my own fascination of Ancient Egypt. Subscribers have a magazine delivered once every 2 months, and the cost is low for the information included. As far as i am aware this magazine in only available by subscription. I will say little, but let you view for yourself: Ancient Egypt Magazine Stuart

Photo - Deir el Bahri

This photo was taken in 2008 and i believe it comes from the upper level of the Hatshepsut Mortuary Temple (where the entrance to the Amun Sanctuary is located).

Showing an Egyptian God (possibly Hapi/ Hapy- the god of Inundation). Although i cannot provide the translation of the Hieroglyphs i will intend to find out and add them to this post. I can at least suggest that the highest level of glyphs appears to me as "beloved of Ra" in the masculine form. This may suggest that the name of Thutmose I or III may have appeared in the now missing section. It may even be the name of Hatshepsut, as she is known to have taken on many "male" aspects during her rule of Egypt.

I will correct myself later where necessary. Maybe you can help?

Stuart

The Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan

In my recent post highlighting the Hatshepsut obelisk in the British Museum, London, i hastily added that i would find no more Hatshepsut- related obelisks. Sometimes it is nice to be wrong when on a learning curve. This is one of those times. This obelisk is occasionally attributed to Hatshepsut. There are no inscriptions, so this may be a wild card.

Aswan - an area of Upper (Southern) Egypt which was quarried for centuries to provide the beautiful granite for monuments, statues and much more.

One of the most important elements in Egyptology is the "How did they do that" question as without understanding, ignorance can born. Without knowing the step- by- step process of how (for example) obelisks were quarried, we can only wonder and come up with outrageous theories (The pyramid- building theories are the best example in my inventory).

Well, with at in mind, the unfinished obelisk at Aswan is our "oh, that's how they did it" moment.

Rather than quoting from others, i have selected some sites, which you may find useful.

ancientworldegypt
Wiki
Heritage Key

Stuart