A Sed-Festival. By 1485 BCE, Hatshepsut's subjects were bustling to prepare her grand jubilee. The sed-festival, held in year 16, celebrated an anniversary. But, an anniversary of what, exactly?

Date c.1485 BCE.
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Select Bibliography:

Kara Cooney, The Woman Who Would be King, 2014.
Peter Dorman, The Monuments of Senenmut, 1988.
Alan B. Lloyd, A Companion to Ancient Egypt, 2010.
William Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, volume II, 1978 (Book Online).
Todd Gillen, The Historical Inscription on Queen Hatshepsut’s Chapelle Rouge, 2005 (Article Online).
Websites:
UCL – Hatshepsut
UCLA – Digital Karnak, time of Hatshepsut
Maat-ka-ra.de – the Speos Artemidos

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65: Hatshepsut of Millions of Years