65: Hatshepsut of Millions of Years

A Sed-Festival. By 1485 BCE, Hatshepsut's subjects were bustling to prepare her grand jubilee. The sed-festival, held in year 16, celebrated an anniversary. But, an anniversary of what, exactly?

• Date c.1485 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

• Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would be King, 2014.
• Peter Dorman, The Monuments of Senenmut, 1988.
• Alan B. Lloyd, A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 2010.
• William Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, volume II, 1978 (Book Online).
• Todd Gillen, The Historical Inscription on Queen Hatshepsut’s Chapelle Rouge, 2005 (Article Online).
• Websites:
• UCL – Hatshepsut
• UCLA – Digital Karnak, time of Hatshepsut
• Maat-ka-ra.de – the Speos Artemidos

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