Normally, the status of pharaoh was a male only position but there were female pharaohs ruling in different periods of Egypt’s history. For example, Hatshepsut was originally the wife of a king, then a co-ruler of Egypt with her son Thutmose III, and finally a pharaoh after appointing herself. A pharaoh, the eldest male or female child of the recently deceased pharaoh, normally acquired their grand office upon the death of their father. This cycle of kingship and royalty procession was seen throughout the New Kingdom era with about 32 different kings. During this period of the New Kingdom, the foundation and authority of the royal kings was never inquired, challenged, or gossiped about (Hornung 1990: 283).…