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Kathlyn M. (Kara) Cooney is an American Egyptologist and archaeologist.She is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles specializing in craft production, coffin studies, and economies in the ancient world, particularly the Ramesside era (Nineteenth through Twentieth Dynasties) and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Language and Cultures at UCLA.
This record of success made such elites confident that she could handle Egyptian wealth and trade, capitalizing on Egypt's moment of prosperity. Indeed, historian Kara Cooney describes Hatshepsut as "arguably, the only woman to have ever taken power as king in ancient Egypt during a time of prosperity and expansion." [79]
Kara Cooney views ancient Egypt as unique in allowing women to acquire formal – and absolute – power. She posits that women were elevated to the throne during crises to guide the civilization and maintain social order.
Carvings depicting "Hatshepsut's Divine Birth and Coronation" can be found at the Temple of Deir el Bahari, Egypt. In the Divine Birth sequence, Amun calls upon a meeting of gods to announce the coming of a great and powerful queen. Amun asks the gods to bestow upon her protection and riches, and he promises to grant her power: “I will join ...
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Kara Cooney: American: 1972-03-08 Jeanne Marie Thérèse Vandier d'Abbadie: French: 1899-09-26 1977-04-25 Colleen Darnell: American: 1980 María del Carmen Pérez Díe: Spanish: Curator and director 1953 Margaret Stefana Drower: British: 1911 2012 Dorothy Eady: British Egyptian (Amateur) Egyptologist 1904-01-16 1981-04-21 Amelia Edwards: British
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[citation needed] Nevertheless, throughout this period, in some outlying regions of Egypt, Set was still regarded as the heroic chief deity. [citation needed] Ancient Egyptologist Dr. Kara Cooney shot an episode called "The Birth of the Devil" in the "Out of Egypt" documentary series. [47]