User talk:Captmondo/Archives/2008/September

Khasekhemwy
Just to let you now that I used your BM image of the limestone vessel of Khasekhemwy for this ruler's article a week or so ago. Thank You, --Leoboudv (talk) 01:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Finally managed to create that article on Meresankh III. Thanks for the image. There was little on her in most Egyptological books at my University I noticed (this Thursday) but I got two details from Dodson's book. --Leoboudv (talk) 07:14, 12 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for Tyldesley's invaluable references. I completely forgot to check for her book yesterday when I was at my University. Luckily, you have a copy of it. I wonder...if you could make an addition or more for Hetepheres II, one of the longest lived Queens of the Old Kingdom from Tyldesley's book? I could only add 3 footnotes for her sadly from the sources I could find at University. I had to use two from Rice which is a 'so so' source that I wouldn't use at all in normal situations. Regards, --Leoboudv (talk) 08:46, 13 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. My issue with Rice was that his book followed the old theory that Queen Hetepheres II was an unscrupulous, power hungry woman who 'backed the wrong horse' by marrying Djedefre who didn't live long enough to complete his own pyramid. This is based on the old theory that shortly after Djedefre's death, his monuments were smashed to bits and that he suffered a damnatio memoriae. But there are all kinds of problems here: if this happened, why would Khafre, Djedefre's successor, marry Hetepheres II's daughter, Meresankh III? I saw the latest 2006 paperback publication by Clayton on 'Chronicle of the Pharaohs'; in it, Clayton makes a few crucial changes and states that Djedefre's pyramid was actually finished in his reign and his statues were smashed as late as the Roman period. ie. There was no damnatio memoriae against him. This means Khafre's succession to power after Djedefre was regular. So, Hetepheres II comes across as a more respectable personality which explains her ability to donate a beautifully carved mastaba tomb to her daughter Meresankh when the latter died in Menkaure's reign. In the article on Djedefre, you might want to read the 2 paragraphs on Reign Length and Pyramid complex. It seems Djedefre not only completed his pyramid but most likely exceeded the Turin Canon's figure of 8 years for his reign for 11+X years. Yes, I hope there are a few more books on Hetepheres II who is a fascinating and powerful lady in her own right--someone who outlived all her 3 husbands and her own daughter. --Leoboudv (talk) 00:26, 14 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually your picture looks very good. I'll use it and tell Udimu about it. He is German but works in London. --Leoboudv (talk) 01:15, 16 September 2008 (UTC)