Hatshepsut

` Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut was born in the 15th century. She was the daughter of Tuthmose I and Aahmes, they were both in royal lineage. She was the female pharaoh though it was unheard of and different. When Tuthmose I died, his son by the Moutnofrit, Tuthmose II technically ascended the throne. For the few years of his reign, however, Hatshepsut seems to have held the reigns. She married her half-brother Tuthmosis II. She had ruled with her husband until his death in 1479 B.C. She was the sister, a daughter, and a wife to a pharaoh, so she became a pharaoh. She was the only female pharaoh. Hatshepsut ruled for 15 years before she died in 1458 B.C. Hatshepsut had become “king”, and even dressed like a king. She had constructed a great temple in “The Valley of the Kings” next to a tall plateau at Deir-el-Bahri, across the Nile from Thebes. Hatshepsut’s name was erased, and some of her monuments were destroyed. In her temple are written words of Khnum, the divine potter who sculpted the forms of the gods: I will make you to be the first of all living creatures, you will rise as a king of Upper and of Lower Egypt, as your father Amon, who loves you, did ordain.

Hatshepsut played a big part in Egypt’s history, and is a pharaoh to be remembered. She ruled successfully for 20 years in Egypt. She was a great queen, king, pharaoh, wife, daughter and a few other things in Egypt’s history. She is definitely a person to be remembered.

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