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The journey of Queen Hatshepsut
When the Egyptians Sailed on the Red Sea
Author(s): Stéphane Bégoin, Flore Kosinetz
Director(s): Stéphane Bégoin
Genre
Docufiction
Copyright
2009
Medium
DVD
Length
100 minutes
DVD edition
Catherine Derosier-Pouchous, Musée du Louvre
Adrienne Frejacques, Anne Pradel, Arte Éditions
American archaeologist Cheryl Ward, a world specialist in ancient navigation, coordinates the construction of a replica of an Egyptian ship from the New Kingdom. The design is based on a bas-relief in the temple of Deir el-Bahari in Luxor. A team of scientists and archaeologists intends to sail to the land of Punt aboard the replica ship to prove that the Egyptians were a seafaring people.
Bonus (two 6-min. films): A Refined Society, Hatshepsut and the Exercise of Power. Christophe Barbotin, curator at the Musée du Louvre, sheds light on daily life in the reign of Hatshepsut through a presentation of works from the Department of Egyptian Antiquities.
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