Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahari - Softcover

Frederick Monderson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425966446 ISBN 13: 9781425966447

Publisher: Authorhouse, 2007

Synopsis

Hatshepsutâ s Temple at Deir el Bahari is about a wonderful experiment in ancient Egyptian art and architecture, a uniquely remarkable structure, but more important it provides some insights about the men and a woman who were avant guard in their thinking at a time when females dared not rule. However, given the opportunity to do so, Queen Hatshepsut ruled well and was involved in many building projects, chief of which was her mortuary temple at Deir el Bahari, on the west bank at Thebes. The present work is a survey of the history of the Queen, her architect Senmut and their impact on the historical landscape of ancient Egypt. This work consists of two poems to the god Amon Ra and to the Temple of Deir el Bahari itself, an overview, an introduction, two essays on Hatshepsut and Senmut and conclusions by the author, as well as some published reports written more than a hundred years ago when the Swiss Egyptologist Edouard Naville excavated the temple. In addition, there are some 20 illustrations and photographs taken from the birdâ s eye view of the temple from the mountain, descending the mountain, and the ascent into the templeâ s colonnades, ramps, shrines, and to the middle and upper terrace at the mountainâ s base. The photographs are designed to â let the monuments teachâ and as such, they highlight the art and architectural wonder of the temple and this work is therefore a guidebook for students, specialists, and laymen and women as well as for tourists.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR Frederick Monderson is a retired college professor and school teacher who taught African History in the City University of New York and American History and Government in the New York public schools. He has written nearly 900 articles in the New York Black Press, Daily Challenge, Afro Times and New American newspapers. In this venture, Monderson lends his expertise as a historian, Egyptologist, journalist and author of several books including Michael Jackson: The Last Dance; 50 on Point; Black Nationalism: Alive and Well; Barack Obama: Ready, Fit to Lead; Barack Obama: Master of Washington, D.C.; Sonny Carson: The Final Triumph; Black Nationalism: Alive and Well; and on Ancient Egypt Seven Letters to Mike Tyson on Egyptian Temple; 10 Poems Praising Great Blacks for Mike Tyson; Intrigue Through Time; Research Essays on Ancient Egypt; Egypt: Essays on Ancient Kemet; Temple of Karnak: The Majestic Architecture of Ancient Kemet; Where are the Kamite Kings?; Abydos and Osiris; Temple of Luxor; Medinet Habu: Mortuary Temple of Rameses III; The Quintessential Book on Ancient Egypt: “Holy Land” (A Novel on Egypt); The Majesty of Egyptian Gods and Temples (a book of Egyptian Poems); Egypt Essays on Ancient Kemet; The Ramesseum: Mortuary Temple of Rameses II; The Colonnade: Then and Now; Reflections on Ancient Kemet; Grassroots View of Ancient Egypt; and Glory of the Ancestors: 19 Letters to O.J. Simpson on Ancient African History. A student of the esteemed Dr. Yosef ben-Jochannan, Dr. Monderson conducts tours to Egypt. For Tour information, Please contact Orleane Brooks-Williams at Nostrand Travel, 730 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11216. Phone Number 718-756-5300. Next Tour of Egypt is July 17-July 30, 2011.

About this edition

• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1425966446
• ISBN 13: 9781425966447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184