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Explore Kara Cooney’s scholarly work, bestselling books, audiobooks, documentary programs, and recommended reading.
Research, history & power
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Recycling for Death
A richly illustrated study of coffin reuse, funerary economics, and the Theban Royal Caches from the Nineteenth through Twenty-second Dynasties.
The Good Kings
Five pharaohs provide a lens for examining absolute authority, political control, and why societies repeatedly give power to the few.
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When Women Ruled the World
The lives of six female pharaohs reveal how ancient Egypt negotiated women, leadership, legitimacy, and political survival.
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The Woman Who Would Be King
A biography of Hatshepsut that reconstructs her strategic ascent, rule, and legacy through archaeology and the surviving material record.
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Documentaries & television
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Out of Egypt
Kara compares Egyptian customs and archaeological evidence with civilizations across the world.
Secrets of Egypt's Lost Queen
A documentary investigation into the identification and legacy of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut.
Further study of Egypt, society & power
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