Frederick Monderson
Auteur van Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahari
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- 2.5
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Monderson's overview of the temple scenes pulls information from various scholars, but don't expect complete accuracy. Thumbing through I notice that he talks of Hatshepsut's "virgin birth," but that is not the exact meaning of the visitation scenes. Amun visited her mother, taking the form of her father, the hieroglyphic text says, implying a sexual union. The excerpts from late nineteenth century archaeology reports will be worth reading and I intend to read the rest of the book. Don't make this book your only source about Hatshepsut. For a scholarly feast try Hatshepsut from Queen to Pharoah.… (meer)