The Life Of Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut was a woman pharaoh of Egypt. Most known for dressing as a man during her reign. She reigned over Egypt from 1473 B.C. to 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen”. Which means most important of all the high class women. In the 15th century Hatshepsut was born to Thutmose the 1st and the Queen, multiple people debate on what her name was. Because her dad was pharaoh she was inline to become pharaoh one day, but because she had two brothers that was highly unlikely. When her brothers died she was at a greater chance to be a pharaoh. When her father died she married her half-brother at a young age. After her husband she was appointed to carry on his duty but only in an acting role. She co-ruled with him because the son of her husband and a commoner was only a baby when he died. Only a couple years later Queen Hatshepsut declared herself a pharaoh. Which was not out of the ordinary because other women pharaohs had come before her. The interesting thing with the queen, turned pharaoh was that she had people dress her in male attire to carry out the duties of a pharaoh. Though Hatshepsut was the first women to claim full reign of a pharaoh. Cleopatra was the only other women to do so but she didn’t do so until about 14 centuries later. …show more content…
No one knows exactly when she died, egyptologists guess around her 40s. Thutmose the 3rd went on to reign for about 30 years and in the later years he ordered to have most anything with the marking of Hatshepsut to be destroyed. Scholars have very few reasons why he would have done this, but not many. It was very out of the ordinary. She was buried in the Valley of the Kings and reburied her father’s sarcophagus so that they could live on in the after life together. Scholars knew little or nothing about her until they found her tomb and translated the
Queen Hatshepsut was a woman pharaoh of Egypt. Most known for dressing as a man during her reign. She reigned over Egypt from 1473 B.C. to 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen”. Which means most important of all the high class women. In the 15th century Hatshepsut was born to Thutmose the 1st and the Queen, multiple people debate on what her name was. Because her dad was pharaoh she was inline to become pharaoh one day, but because she had two brothers that was highly unlikely. When her brothers died she was at a greater chance to be a pharaoh. When her father died she married her half-brother at a young age. After her husband she was appointed to carry on his duty but only in an acting role. She co-ruled with him because the son of her husband and a commoner was only a baby when he died. Only a couple years later Queen Hatshepsut declared herself a pharaoh. Which was not out of the ordinary because other women pharaohs had come before her. The interesting thing with the queen, turned pharaoh was that she had people dress her in male attire to carry out the duties of a pharaoh. Though Hatshepsut was the first women to claim full reign of a pharaoh. Cleopatra was the only other women to do so but she didn’t do so until about 14 centuries later. …show more content…
No one knows exactly when she died, egyptologists guess around her 40s. Thutmose the 3rd went on to reign for about 30 years and in the later years he ordered to have most anything with the marking of Hatshepsut to be destroyed. Scholars have very few reasons why he would have done this, but not many. It was very out of the ordinary. She was buried in the Valley of the Kings and reburied her father’s sarcophagus so that they could live on in the after life together. Scholars knew little or nothing about her until they found her tomb and translated the