Monday, June 13, 2011

The queen Hetepheres mother of Cheops


Was a queen of Egypt, wife of Senefru of the red pyramid and mother of the great pharaoh Khufu of the Great Pyramid, the fourth dynasty twentieth century and seven before Christ, this queen is considered by historians as the daughter of Hunya,; the  last pharaoh of the third Dynasty , and his principal wife, and was given in marriage to Seneferu to maintain dynastic rights. Her husband Senefru died before her but she died within the reign of her son Khufu .. Among the titles of Hetepheres, there is the wife of the pharaoh, which some Egyptologists deny their real origin and assume that was a wife of less value as she was a concubine, but this opinion is refused by many students . What you think?


Hetepheres has been known since the discovery of his tomb at the Giza plateau in 1927 by George Andrew Resner, but before the queen was in another grave beside her husband in Dahshor Senefru that had been looted by thieves, but the son Cheops has moved what remained of the Treasury of her mother's grave today in the egyptian museum, inside the tomb seals are intact, but the tomb is empty. The whereabouts of the mummy is still a mystery and has given rise to various theories, including their identity or maternity


The Treasure of the queen is beautiful, is currently stored in the Egyptian Museum and has many beautiful pieces: bed of Hetepheres I, wood and gilded gold plated armed with strips of leather, chests of silver jewelry like bracelets gemstone  of turquise and lapislazuli, gold plated bunk, bedroom with gold, alabaster, a full wardrobe, a collection of knives and toiletries, perfume bottles, all rich with Oroya copper ornaments in the bunk is text of the titles of the queen as the mother of King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Horus partner, director of the house of the acacia, his words are commands, the divine daughter true; Hetepheres

Find the canopic jars without mummy makes us think of two theories as the discoverer Reisner:

1 - that the real tomb was in Dahshur near the grave of her husband, but was sacked, and that this well has built Cheops to move saved the rest of the treasure of his mother when the tomb was violated. The priests who have sealed the coffin had to hide the king's absence from the body of his mother, and would have put a new outfit, so there is no trace of having been used

2 - In 1985 Mark Lenh said that this was the original tomb, but the body was lost in the subsequent looting, this theory does not explain why the tomb was sealed after transporting the body 


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