The Burial Of Hatshepsut: The Golden Age Of Egypt

Filing past me were peasants dressed in short, white linen kilts walking in sync across the dusty sand swirling around their shoeless feet. Her children and elite members of society were dressed in their finest clothing and jewelry, women wore floor-length dresses, while men wore patterned knee-length kilts. They followed the heavily muscled, brown oxen slowly pulling a 3,000 pound, beautifully, hand-carved sarcophagus that held the finely natron-preserved, mummified body of the powerful Queen. Many sounds filled the air with thunderous footsteps of the people and heavy breathing of the oxen. Hatshepsut reigned for almost two decades as the fifth Pharaoh in the eighteenth dynasty, known as the Golden Age of Egypt. The middle-aged leader was laid to rest beside her father, Thutmose I, the third Pharaoh in the eighteenth dynasty, in the Valley of the Kings, located in the city of …show more content…
Before the burial of Hatshepsut, priests uttered spells while they conducted the opening of the mouth ceremony with a copper stone blade to ensure that the Pharaoh's mummy could breath and speak in the afterlife. Prayers were recited, incense was burned, and other rituals were performed to help prepare the body for its final journey.
Straight ahead, to my left, to my right, the Queen’s followers were lined up to wish their beloved ruler a farewell journey. Slowly up ahead on the well paved path, appeared the tomb where she would be laid to rest, presented a wide opening into a cliffside, this is where the ritual ceremony would be performed. Hatshepsut, known as a peaceful queen, portrayed herself as a male figure adorned in a false beard and mens clothing to prove her leadership throughout Egypt. Priests and commoners whispered

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The Burial Of Hatshepsut: The Golden Age Of Egypt

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