The Queen Hatshepsut

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Queen Hatshepsut, Was The first female ruler of ancient Egypt to rule with the full authority of a pharaoh was Hatshepsut The fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty during the period known as the New Kingdom (ca. 1570 to 1069 BC) She ruled as a woman as shown in the statues at first, but around the seventh year of her reign, she chose to be a male pharaoh in statues and inscriptions.

It is undoubtedly one of the most prosperous eras of the Egyptian Empire. Although she is sometimes referred to as the first, or only, female ruler of Egypt However, some women ruled Egypt in the early and middle dynasties, but she was certainly the most famous ruler of Egypt and the most successful king of Egypt after Cleopatra.

Hatshepsut Family

Hatshepsut was born in 1508 BC. She is the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. She had only one brother Her sister, Akhbeitneferu (Nevropiti), who died in infancy, was her only sibling Hatshepsut also had three brothers The youngest queen, Mutneferet, gave birth to her three sons After the death of Pharaoh Thutmose I, Hatshepsut married her half-brother, Thutmose II, who became the next pharaoh and became his great wife. They had a daughter named Neferure.

Daughter of a great King

 Hatshepsut ruled a prosperous and productive government and did not miss any opportunity to assert her authority. According to an inscription at Karnak, her father named her his heir before his death Hatshepsut will be pharaoh, according to Amun’s desire, according to the Sibyl of Amun. Queen Hatshepsut made expensive sacrifices to his shrine The Daughter of Amun was not intended to dig up her father, but rather to emphasize that Amun was the main national god.

The Throne Of Egypt

The queen married Thutmose II and became queen in 1495 BC. She had one daughter whom she married. After the death of her husband, Hatshepsut ruled as regent for Thutmose III.

She had supporters, and this helped her to be the pharaoh and ruler of Egypt. She appeared in inscriptions with a beard. And muscles as if they were from male pharaohs.

Works Of Queen Hatshepsut

She had a lot of ambition, like all pharaohs, and she began building projects and ordered the construction of a temple in Deir el-Bahari, which is one of the most beautiful temples in the world, and tourists always prefer to visit it. She added works to the Karnak Temple and added two obelisks, She completely restored trade and sent expeditions to Sinai to search for jewelry, and missions to Punt, which returned with incense, animals, and plants.

Hatshepsut Monuments   

She was one of the most famous builders in ancient Egypt and built the Red Church in the main temple of Amun at Karnak.

Temple precincts are undoubtedly among the most stunning structures ever built It is possible that she was not interested in military successes, although she was not weak, and there is some evidence indicating that she carried out campaigns to Nubia and the Levant. Thutmose III was the commander-in-chief of the queen’s army.

Damaging Hatshepsut Heritage

The damage to her funerary temple is minimal. However, many of the magnificent sculptures in her temple in Deir el-Bahari were broken. Queen Hatshepsut’s monuments were not changed to reflect another person, and practically all the inscriptions of her statues were preserved.
The process of destruction began with the removal of some sculptures and statues in Deir el-Bahari. After that, the name of her throne was deleted in denial of her rule.
Finally, the sculptures were cut into pieces
Tuthmosis III tried to destroy and distort the image of the queen after her death. There is no doubt that Tuthmosis was replacing her name with his own.

After Hatshepsut

After the death of the queen, Tuthmosis III destroyed everything related to the queen But it is important to remember her to show how much citizens love her for what she did to make the economy flourish significantly.

When the queen died, her husband’s son became on the throne.

Mummy of Hatshepsut

The mummy of him was found in the cemetery east of the Valley of the Kings, where her body was removed from the tomb that she built for herself. It appears from the coffin that she was five feet tall. She died at the age of 50 and was sick with many diseases. We have many statues of Hatshepsut and they appear to be identical in appearance to the mummy.