Hatshepsut Research Paper

Hatshepsut Hatshepsut was the first female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Hatshepsut and her sister Nefrubity were daughters to the Pharoah Thutmose l and his wife Ahmose. Thutmose expanded the territory under Egyptian rule. After her Hatshepsut’s father died the throne was passed down to her half brother and also husband, Thutmose ll. In ancient times it was normal to marry within your family. They had a daughter named Neferure. Thutmose ll died and the throne had to be passed to Thutmose lll, but because he was too young to rule Egypt, Hatshepsut had to serve for three years as a regent until she became a Pharaoh in her own right. She was married to Thutmose ll and from that she rose to the position of God’s Wife …show more content…
She was the third woman to become pharaoh in ancient egypt but the first to take full power of the position. She fought to defend its royal lineage and Hatshepsut said that her father appointed her for his successor. She ordered the people to portray her as a male king with large muscles and a beard. Hatshepsut undertook building project that were most likely to be built around Thebes. Hatshepsut’s greatest achievement was the huge memorial temple that was built at Deir el-Bahri. It is considered one of the architectural wonders of ancient Egypt. One of her other great achievements was the trading expedition she authorized which brought back huge riches, such as gold, leopard skins, ebony, ivory and incense. It was brought to Egypt from a land known as Punt. She is celebrated as a powerful female ruler whose reign was extremely successful and this is the same reason for the controversy, according to Egyptian tradition, no woman should have been able to consume the full power of pharaoh. She took on all the royal titles and names which she had inscribed using the feminine grammatical form but had herself depicted as a male