This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--Women who Ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of Women in power today.
Her book The Woman Who Would Be King was published in 2014..
She appeared as a lead expert in the popular Discovery Channel special The Secrets of Egypt\'s Lost Queen, and is a recurring team member of the History Channel\'s Digging for the Truth.
She has participated in digs with the Metropolitan Museum of New York at the Royal Pyramid complex of Senwosret III and the Theban Necropolis with Johns Hopkins University.
Her academic work focuses on death preparations, afterlife beliefs, and gender studies.
About the Author: KARA Cooney is a professor of Egyptology at UCLA.
What was so special about ancient Egypt that provided Women this kind of access to the highest political office? What was it about these Women that allowed them to transcend patriarchal obstacles? What did Egypt gain from its liberal reliance on female leadership, and could today\'s world learn from its example? Celebrated Egyptologist Kara Cooney delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it has seldom been allowed through the ages, and why we should care.
But throughout human history, Women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society.
Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, Queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers.
Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, Women reigned supreme.
This riveting narrative explores the lives of six remarkable female pharaohs, from Hatshepsut to Cleopatra--Women who Ruled with real power--and shines a piercing light on our own perceptions of Women in power today
