Most museum exhibitions about ancient Egypt focus on male rulers such as the famous King Tutankhamen. “Queens of Egypt,” which will run from March 1 to Sept. 2 at the National Geographic Museum in Washington, D.C., spotlights seven women who ruled the land of the Pharaohs. The show posed a formidable curatorial challenge, says National Geographic Archaeology Fellow Fredrik Hiebert, because “Egyptian written history is from a man’s point of view.” Even though “the pharaohs were always partnered with very powerful women,” he...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 08, 2019 17:26 UTC