"The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to
Power in Ancient Egypt" by Kara Cooney is an interesting foray into how
ancient Egypt was ruled, not only by boy kings but by the King Mothers and the
God's Wives. Even though the life of
Hatshepsut and how she came to rule was based on interpretation of the
artifacts and history of Egypt, and really is conjecture, it is an eye opening book on the power that
women had in ancient Egypt, and the power they had with the Gods. Reading this
book you cannot help but believe that ancient Egypt was a matriarchal society,
as it is not only about Hatshepsut's life and rise to power but about the sway
women held over the dynasties as wives to the Gods and the power they had as
mothers over their boy Kings.
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