Interview: Hatshepsut, Power, and the Mafia 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/ The History of Egypt Podcast website https://egyptianhistorypodcast.com/. Intro music and interludes by Keith Zizza www.keithzizza.com, Outro music by Ancient Lyric www.bettinajoydeguzman.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.5	or wherever you get your podcasts. The Hello everyone and welcome back to the History of Egypt podcast. This is part two of my interview with Professor Karakuni of UCLA.
1:00.0	Having previously discussed ancient funerary economics, coffins and coffin making,
1:06.0	we now turn to the question of Queen Hut Shepsut.
1:09.0	Hat Shepsut had a long legacy and impacted the royal household of Egypt in many ways.
1:16.3	As part of our conversation, Professor Cooney and I dove into that period and what it tells us
1:22.2	about royal power during the 18th to 22nd dynasties I I'd like to talk about Hatchepso specifically.
1:46.0	So in 2014, you published the woman who would be king, which was a popular biography of hardships at and her times.
1:55.0	At the very basic level what inspired you to write a narrative history of that
2:01.0	ruler in particular? I didn't want to write a narrative history. of that
2:05.0	I didn't want to write a narrative history of that ruler in particular I didn't want to at all
2:08.0	Okay, I'll delete the question. No, no, no, it's um, no, but it's not funny, isn't it?
2:14.0	How, and then, well, I didn't until I did.
2:17.2	So when,
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