Hatshepsut: Building a King's Memory
100 Lives That Shaped the World · Episode 11
- Historical Biographies
- 41 min
- Ages 12–99
- 10 chapters
About this audiobook
A source-aware biography of Hatshepsut's path from queen and regent to pharaoh, her building program, royal imagery, expedition to Punt, and the later attack on her name and images.
Why it's worth a listen
It shows how kingship was constructed through titles, ritual, monuments, labor, and memory while separating surviving evidence from modern speculation.
A question to keep
How did Hatshepsut make female rule legible as Egyptian kingship, and why was her image later attacked?
Chapters
- A King in a Woman's Name
- Daughter, Wife, and God's Wife
- Regent for a Child King
- Becoming Pharaoh
- A Temple Against the Cliffs
- Punt and the Story of Plenty
- Rule, Empire, and Everyday Costs
- Two Kings at Once
- A Name Chiseled Away
- Reconstructing a Reign