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Hi. My name is Oliver. I'd like to welcome you to a new blog here on ngm.com, called The Process. Every so often I'll share stories behind the award-winning art, maps and designs of National Geographic. Does a painting or graphic or photo in the magazine ever make you wonder, "How did they do that?" Let me know. I'll dig around and report back.
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May 6, 2009 5PM #
Hello Oliver,
Ok, I'll play.
How did you make the map for this article?
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/04/departments/native-names-interactive
Kelly
May 6, 2009 5PM #
La reína Hapsethsup era gorda, tenía papada y osteoporosis. Sin embargo, en el dibujo aparece una chica esbelta. ¿De dónde salió la información para hacer el dibujo?
May 6, 2009 5PM #
Hi Kelly,
Thanks for playing. I'm going to devote my next post to your question.
Oliver
May 6, 2009 5PM #
Jose,
According to W. Raymond Johnson from the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, in the time of the trip to the land of Punt, Hatshepsut was probably in her mid to late 30s (though its hard to know for sure as scholars still debate her actual date of birth. There are competing timelines for the beginning of the 18th dynasty). She is depicted in the drawing 13 to 14 years before her death, so the mummy is not an accurate depiction of how she looked earlier in her life. Dr. Johnson was quite clear that she should be a living representation of fertility and we had several discussions about her overall shape.
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