Personali+es  in  their  

Times      

Presenter: Toni Hurley!!

Photo: Toni Hurley!

Op+on  A  Egypt      

Hatshepsut  

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Introduction    

                                           Syllabus    Principal  Focus:  Students  gain  an  understanding  of  

Hatshepsut  in  the  context  of  her  <me.      1.        Historical  context  2.     Background  and  rise  to  prominence  3.     Career    6.     Evalua<on  (assessment/judgement)        

HSC Exam! Section III – Personalities in their Times ! Two part question (total 25)!!Part (a) 10 marks! describe, explain, how, why, what !•  Sources needed!!Part (b) 15 marks! assess, evaluate, to what extent, discuss !•  Sources needed!•  Judgement needed!!

Aims  of  this  tutorial  •  focus  on  some  key  issues  •  look  at  a  wide  range  of  evidence  •  consider  the  different  interpreta<ons  of  historians  •  strategies  for  research  and  notemaking  (e.g.  mindmaps/tables)  •  quick  quizzes  and  hints  on  structuring  extended  responses.    

Cult Temples in Egypt!•  Karnak!•  Medinet Habu!•  Beni Hasan – rock-cut ! shrine!!Mortuary Temple!•  Deir el-Bahri!!!Tombs!•  two tombs for Hat!•  tombs of her nobles (eg Senenmut)!

Other sites!• Temple to Horus(Buhen)!• Additions to other buildings in Upper Egypt and Nubia!

•  Obelisk  inscrip<ons      

•   Red  Chapel    

 •  Divine  Birth  &  

Corona<on  and                other  inscrip<ons  at  

Deir  el-­‐Bahri      

•   Speos  Artemidos  

 

•  Tomb  biographies  of  nobles,  e.g.  Ineni,  Djehuty  

Reliefs  &  Inscrip+ons  Building  

 

“I have done this with a loving heart !for my father Amun”!

Ancient sources from her reign!

Photos: Toni Hurley!

Modern Sources!

Interpretations of modern historians!!e.g ! Steindorff and Seele (1948)! John Wilson (1951) ! Alan Gardiner (1966)! Donald Redford (1984)! Peter Dorman (1990s)!

! Gae Callender (1993)!! Betsy Bryan (2000) !

!Some key issues to consider  

 

                                 Some  key  issues    

•  ‘Legality’  of  her  succession    •  Rela<onship  with  co-­‐ruler,  Thutmose  III  

•  Rela<onship  with  officials,  e.g.  Senenmut  

•  Nature  and  success  of  her  policies  

•  ‘A  woman  in  a  man’s  world’  

•  Damage  to  Hatshepsut’s  monuments  -­‐  who?  

when?  why?  

From  your  study  so  far,  what  do  you  think  are  some  of  the  important  issues  in  understanding  Hatshepsut?