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One of those sons was Thutmosis II, the next Pharaoh. In accordance with a custom in the early years of Dynasty 18, Thutmosis II married his half-sister Hatshepsut, who had been born of the primary wife and queen, in order to legitimize his religious right to the throne (Robins 1993: 26–27).
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Aug 5, 2024 · Hatshepsut was a female king of Egypt (reigned in her own right circa 1479–58 BCE) who attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh. She began as a conventional regent for her stepson, Thutmose III, but, by the seventh year of his reign, she had become the dominant coruler.
- Joyce Tyldesley
- Hatshepsut married her half brother, Thutmose II, who inherited the throne from their father, Thutmose I, and made Hatshepsut his consort. When Thu...
- Hatshepsut’s reign was essentially a peaceful one, and her foreign policy was based on trade rather than war. Restoration and building were importa...
- Hatshepsut was born to Thutmose I and his consort Ahmose. She married her half brother, Thutmose II, and had a daughter, Neferure. When Thutmose II...
- The cause of Hatshepsut's death is not known. Her mummy was missing from its sarcophagus when her tomb was excavated in the 1920s. There are severa...
May 7, 2018 · Based on the year that Moses was born and the ruling 18thEgyptian dynasty of the time, she is widely believed by scholars to be Hatshepsut. She was the only surviving child of Thutmose I (her other two brothers had died), whose reign began approximately in 1526 B.C. – the year Moses was born.
- Julie Barrier
- Traditional Male Monarchy & The God's Wife of Amun
- Hatshepsut The Pharaoh
- Public Works
- Removal from History
- Hatshepsut's Legacy
Hatshepsut reigned during the period known as the New Kingdom of Egypt (c. 1570 to c. 1069 BCE), which began with the expulsion of the foreign Hyksos from Egypt by Ahmose of Thebes (c. 1570-1544 BCE). Ahmose began a policy of creating buffers around the borders of Egypt to make sure no foreign rulers could take control of the country as the Hyksos ...
Thutmose II died in 1479 BCE, appointing Hatshepsut as regent to the young king. Thutmose III, though a child, officially ruled with Hatshepsut until 1473 when she declared herself pharaoh, had herself represented in male attire, and took on the duties and obligations of the male pharaohs who had preceded her. Perhaps to solidify her hold on the th...
Hatshepsut immediately went to work on great public works projects, commissioning her exquisite temple at Deir el-Bahri at Thebes early on. In reliefs carved at this site Hatshepsut claims divine origin as the daugher of the god Amun and so clearly states her right to rule Egypt legitimately. She further claimed that her father, Thutmose I, had mad...
Around 1457 BCE, Thutmose III, whom Hatshepsut had elevated as general of her armies, led a campaign out of Egypt to suppress a revolt at Megiddo and, after this, Hatshepsut disappears from history. Her shrines were mutilated and her obelisks and monuments were torn down, most likely under the order of Thutmose III. So thorough was the work of Thut...
It is held that Hatshepsut's corpse was hidden from Thutmose III and was given an Egyptian burialin secret for fear he would desecrate the corpse. For many years it was believed that nothing was left of her body save some fragments found in a canopic jar along with Hatshepsut's nurse Sitire-Ra. In 2006, however, the Egyptologist Zahi Hawass claimed...
- Joshua J. Mark
Dec 16, 2009 · As pharaoh—the sixth of the 18th dynasty— Hatshepsut extended Egyptian trade and oversaw ambitious building projects, most notably the Temple of Deir el-Bahri, located in western Thebes, where ...
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Hatshepsut (t. • (c. 1473-c. 1458 BC) Queen (pharaoh) of ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty. • Female king of Egypt (reigned in her own right 1473–58 ) who attained unprecedented power for a woman.
