{"id":4283,"date":"2026-05-16T18:02:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T18:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=4283"},"modified":"2026-06-14T12:42:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T12:42:46","slug":"hatshepsut-and-senenmut-a-romantic-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=4283","title":{"rendered":"Hatshepsut and Senenmut: A Romantic History?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/202606-v2-website.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/202606-v2-website.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/202606-v2-website.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/202606-v2-website-300x150.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This talk was given by Dr Filip Taterka at the June 2026 meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Event information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most controversial issues regarding Hatshepsut\u2019s reign is her alleged romantic relationship with her chief courtier Senenmut. A great number of privileges, often unparalleled in nature, that were granted to the latter by the female king were often seen as a proof that Senenmut was not only Hatshepsut\u2019s chief advisor and counsellor, but also her lover. Some scholars have even gone as far as to suggest that Senenmut was the (real) father of Hatshepsut\u2019s child(ren). In this lecture we will try to re-analyse the sources from both historical and methodological points of view in order to show that the romance hypothesis does not withstand criticism as it seems to be based on some unfounded assumptions, which ultimately go back to the 19th- and early 20th-century prejudices about women and their roles in society.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This talk was given by Dr Filip Taterka at the June 2026 meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group. Event information One of the most controversial issues regarding Hatshepsut\u2019s reign is her alleged romantic relationship with her chief courtier Senenmut. A great number of privileges, often unparalleled in nature, that were granted to the latter by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4283","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4283"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4316,"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4283\/revisions\/4316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}