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carolmid · Tomb Robber Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: UK

Does anyone know whether or not Hatshepsut suffered from a physical deformity? I remember once seeing a pinting of her on a wall in Luxor and she seemed to have severe curvature of the spine. However - this doesn't seem to be reflected in the statues of her.

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Osiris II · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

To the best of my knowledge, she did not have any physical disability. In fact, she seems to have been a very lovely woman!

Kiya · Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 12:18 pm Post subject:

I've never heard of this either.

Daughter of Anath · Servant Joined: 19 Apr 2007 Posts: 8

Queen Hatshepsut sent a group of Egyptians to the ancient land of Punt. On a temple wall there was a carving of the Queen of Punt. She was very fat and had a curvature of the spine. Perhaps this is the carving you saw.
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Princess Nefertiri · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 5:15 am Post subject:

Well I don't exactly know,I watched a show about her on National Georaphic chanell and they didn't say anaything about physical deformity,they don't even know how she died!

Kiya · Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject:

Originally posted by Princess Nefertiri

Princess Nefertiri · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 10:57 am Post subject:

A lot of them yes but not National Geographic!

Kiya · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:03 am Post subject:

Originally posted by Princess Nefertiri

Princess Nefertiri · Posted: Tue May 22, 2007 11:09 am Post subject:

Well I'm from Slovenia and we don't have those chanells!

Merenmaat · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject:

I knew that she suffered from a form of cancer and diabetics.

Osiris II · Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:

After her mummy was identified and they found her to be quite heavy-set, many of my previous illusions about her were completely over-turned! Perhaps in her youth she had been attractive, but as an older woman, racked by cancer and obese, her good looks were gone.

Merenmaat · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 4:04 pm Post subject:

I agree with you, Osiris II.

As we can see from her busts and monuments, she had a cute face with lovely eyes and a small nose. However, her mummy shows us that she lost few of her teeth when she grew older. (I think she lost them because of the diabetics) Lacking of one tooth would have been very depressive for a noble woman! And of course, she seemed to have suffered from a form of cancer that made her look ugly when she was older.

Osiris II · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:10 pm Post subject:

Although the evidence is 100%, I can't believe that is her mummy!
I guess age and disease can really change a person, look at that stele picturing A III and Tiye. He is shows as a very fat, and obviously in the last stages of his life. But his statues always show a young, very attractive man. We must always remember that the statues and wall paintings were not so much realistic portraits, but concepts of how the person [b]wanted[/b] to be remembered as looking.

Merenmaat · Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:16 pm Post subject:

You might be right, but no matter what the reality is, i will always imagine Hatshepsut as a very cute woman. Smile

Merenmaat · Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject:

By the way, what was the form of cancer she had suffered?