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The History of Egypt Podcast

09: She Is Foremost

35 min • 1 april 2013

Khenty-kaus, the Lady Ruler. Around 2500 BCE, Menkaure died without an heir. His sister Khenty-Kau-es ("She is Foremost") stepped into the vacuum and governed the state on behalf of her young sons. This was an interesting period, with a lasting impact on royal power...


Select Bibliography:

  • Vivienne Gae Callender, In Hathor’s Image: the Wives and Mothers of Egyptian Kings from Dynasties I-VI, 2012 (Amazon).
  • Aidan Dodson & Dyan Hilton, The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt, 2010 (Amazon).
  • Nicolas Grimal, A History of Ancient Egypt, 1994 (Amazon).
  • Erik Hornung, Conceptions of God in Ancient Egypt: the One and the Many, 1996 (Amazon).
  • Barry Kemp, Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilization, 2005 (Amazon).
  • Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids, 2008 (Amazon).
  • Gay Robins, The Art of Ancient Egypt, 2008 (Amazon).
  • John Romer, A History of Egypt: from the First Farmers to the Great Pyramid, 2013 (Amazon).
  • Robert Wenke, The Ancient Egyptian State, 2009 (Amazon).

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