Queen of the Mountain

Queen of the Mountain
Directed by Martha Goell Lubell
Produced by Martha Goell Lubell
Written by Sharon Mulally
Carol Rosenbaum
Music by Sumi Tonooka
Cinematography Peter Brownscombe
Edited by Sharon Mulally
Running time
 56 min.
Country United States
Language English

Queen of the Mountain is a 2005 documentary about Theresa Goell, a middleaged woman who, in 1947, left her husband and son to dig beneath the Sanctuary of Nemrud Dagh. Theresa was fascinated by this shrine to King Antiochus I Theos of Commagene, which had been neglected by previous archaeologists.

Queen of the Mountain tells her story through archival footage, family photographs, oral histories, commentary from Theresa's friends and her own letters. The New York Times said it offered a "strong, rich narrative with visuals to match."

Reception

The New York Times wrote,

Tess Goell was the kind of American heroine that seemed to exist only in 1930s movies, played by

Katharine Hepburn or Rosalind Russell. They were women bravely striding into what was largely believed to be a man's world — flying planes, battling city hall, working in formerly all-male offices or newsrooms. Goell strode into archaeology, a divorced, hearing-impaired Jewish woman amid Muslims in southern Turkey.[1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gates, Anita (March 25, 2006), "Examining the Life of Tess Goell, a Pioneering Archaeologist" (PDF), New York Times

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Coordinates: 38°02′07″N 38°45′48″E / 38.03528°N 38.76333°E / 38.03528; 38.76333

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