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the: mummy of si^ty i, in the: museum of cairo, fgypt : hf i.ive:d i:ari.y in th:^ 



FOURTFKNTH CENTURY B. C. 



"Most Stately and kingly of all, Sety I, the father of Rameses, whose wonderfully 

 preserved features, clear-cut and aristocratic, convey a remarkable impression of royal 

 dignity" (see page 986). 



TiIF OUFFN e:uzaB]^TI-I of FGYPT 



In very truth Hatshepsut had the heart 

 'of a king. Her life is one long record 

 of kingly deeds. Her inscription de- 

 clares : "Hatshepsut, the divine consort, 

 .adjusted the affairs of the two lands by 

 reason of her designs ; Egypt was made 

 to labor with bowed head for her." 

 She discarded feminine attire, wore the 

 'Crown, assumed an artificial beard at her 

 chin, and it is rumored an ambassador 

 ,at her court had an open road to her 



royal favor if the matter in hand were 

 addressed to his majesty. 



Hatshepsut is one of the great person- 

 ages of history. Her sarcophagus, dis- 

 covered in 1904 by Mr. Davis, now rests 

 in the Cairo Museum. Hatshepsut be- 

 longed to the eighteenth • dynasty, in 

 which time Egypt was at the zenith. She 

 possessed rare administrative power, 

 tact, and diplomatic skill. She carried 

 on the mines in the Sinaitic peninsula. 

 She established potteries and glass fac- 



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