Hatshepsut, the Queen-King with Prof. Kara Cooney

The History of Egypt Podcast

Dominic Perry

Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2020

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Interview with Kara Cooney, Part 2: The Impact of Hatshepsut's Reign on the Royal House of Dynasty 18. Kara (Kathlyn) Cooney is professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). In this interview, we discuss her book The Woman Who Would be King, and her research into the reign and legacy of King Hatshepsut. Episode image: a statue of Hatshepsut, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Kara Cooney's website http://karacooney.squarespace.com/ and Facebook https://www.facebook.com/karacooneyegyptologist/ Website: www.egyptianhistorypodcast.com. Support the show via Patreon www.patreon.com/egyptpodcast. Make a one-time donation via PayPal payments. Intro music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com. Outro music by Ancient Lyric www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:01.7	Having previously discussed ancient funerary economics, coffins and coffin making, we now turn to the question of Queen Hatshepsut.
1:10.8	Hatshepsut had a long legacy and impacted the
1:14.3	royal household of Egypt in many ways. As part of our conversation, Professor Cooney and I dove
1:20.5	into that period and what it tells us about royal power during the 18th dynasty of Egypt.
1:38.6	Thank you. about royal power during the 18th dynasty of Egypt. So moving away now from the 19th to 22nd dynasties, I'd like to talk about Hatshepsut specifically.
1:48.0	So in 2014, you published the woman who would be king, which was a popular biography of Hatshepsut and her times.
1:57.6	At the very basic level, what inspired you to write a narrative history of that ruler in particular?
2:03.6	I didn't want to write a narrative history of that ruler in particular. I didn't want to at all.
2:08.6	Okay, I'll delete the question.
2:10.6	No, no, no, no. It's, no, no, no, it's, but it's funny, isn't it?
2:15.6	Well, I didn't until I did.
2:18.5	So when Hatshepsu keeps finding me, she keeps sneaking up behind me, tapping me on her,
2:27.0	just pestering me like, you've got to tell my story.
2:29.5	You've got to do this.
2:30.4	I am not looking for Hatshepsop, but she is certainly looking for me.
2:33.5	And I know this because
2:35.3	in 2005, when I found myself between jobs, I was approached by a producer to do a Discovery Channel
2:45.2	television show on Hot Shepson. I'm like, well, I don't really know anything. It's not my period.
2:50.2	You know, I do 19th and 20th, but I suppose, you know,
2:53.2	I could get a free trip to Egypt and do this thing on Hotscheps.
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