Kara Cooney: When Women Ruled the World
Earth Ancients22 Aug 2020

Kara Cooney: When Women Ruled the World

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.

Female rulers are a rare phenomenon--but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. Regularly, repeatedly, and with impunity, queens like Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, and Cleopatra controlled the totalitarian state as power-brokers and rulers. But throughout human history, women in positions of power were more often used as political pawns in a male-dominated society. 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.

KARA COONEY is a professor of Egyptology at UCLA. Her academic work focuses on death preparations, afterlife beliefs, and gender studies. 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. 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. Her book The Woman Who Would Be King was published in 2014.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/earth-ancients--2790919/support.

Avsnitt(906)

Mark Carlotto: An Inconvenient Theory: Of Ice Ages and Lost Civilizations

Mark Carlotto: An Inconvenient Theory: Of Ice Ages and Lost Civilizations

Building upon the author’s previous research, An Inconvenient Theory expands upon the idea that multiple advanced civilizations existed during the last 130,000 years. Drawing inspiration from Charles ...

21 Feb 1h 19min

Destiny: Regina Meredith, The Future Human

Destiny: Regina Meredith, The Future Human

REVELATIONS FROM THE Z’S ABOUT WHAT LIES AHEADHumanity is facing an unprecedented phase of evolution, planetary revolution, and the acceleration of time. More and more people are seeking guidance as t...

18 Feb 1h 13min

William Potter: Unexplained Mysteries of the Ancient World

William Potter: Unexplained Mysteries of the Ancient World

Incogni advertisementUse code “https://nordvpn.com/earthancients at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incognito plan.Your URL is: https://incogni.com/earthancientsWilliam Potter: Un...

14 Feb 1h 19min

Destiny: Antony Cummins, Zen and the Samurai Sword

Destiny: Antony Cummins, Zen and the Samurai Sword

Incogni advertisementUse code “https://nordvpn.com/earthancients at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incognito plan.Your URL is: https://incogni.com/earthancientsAntony Cummins, Ze...

11 Feb 1h 20min

Special Edition: Gary Leggiere: The Face on Mars, Beyond a Trick of Light and Shadow

Special Edition: Gary Leggiere: The Face on Mars, Beyond a Trick of Light and Shadow

Podcast music by Koji KoburaA modern continuation of the serious research into the infamous Face on Mars, which had been more than 20 years since books were written & put forth by authors & researcher...

11 Feb 2h 22min

Steven & Evan Strong: Forgotten Origins, Out-of Place-Artifacts, Australia

Steven & Evan Strong: Forgotten Origins, Out-of Place-Artifacts, Australia

Incogni advertisementUse code “https://nordvpn.com/earthancients at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incognito plan.Your URL is: https://incogni.com/earthancientsThe Discovery of a...

7 Feb 1h 38min

Destiny: Michael J. Menard: Greater Than Gravity, How Childhood Trauma is Pulling Down Humanity

Destiny: Michael J. Menard: Greater Than Gravity, How Childhood Trauma is Pulling Down Humanity

Incogni advertisementUse code “https://nordvpn.com/earthancients at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an anual Incogni plan.Your URL is: https://incogni.com/earthancientsMichael J. Menard: Gr...

4 Feb 1h 17min

Special Edition: John Stuart Reid, The Lost Science of Acoustic Medicine

Special Edition: John Stuart Reid, The Lost Science of Acoustic Medicine

Incogni advertisementUse code “https://nordvpn.com/earthancients at the link below to get an exclusive 60% off an anual Incogni plan.Your URL is: https://incogni.com/earthancientsAcoustic-physics scie...

31 Jan 2h 5min

Populärt inom Vetenskap

p3-dystopia
dumma-manniskor
svd-nyhetsartiklar
allt-du-velat-veta
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
det-morka-psyket
pojkmottagningen
dumforklarat
rss-vetenskapsradion-2
halsorevolutionen
rss-vetenskapsradion
rss-ufo-bortom-rimligt-tvivel
sexet
rss-spraket
rss-experimentet
rss-broccolipodden-en-podcast-som-inte-handlar-om-broccoli
medicinvetarna
vetenskapsradion
rss-arkeologi-historia-podden-som-graver-i-vart-kulturlandskap
bildningspodden