Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut
Statue of Hatshepsut on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pharaoh
Reign	c. 1479 – 1458 BC
Predecessor	Thutmose II
Successor	Thutmose III
Royal titulary Horus name Weseret kau wsrt-kꜢw Powerful of kas[1] Nebty name Wadjet renput wꜢḏt-rnpwt Flourishing of years[1] Golden Horus Netjeret khau nṯrt-ḫꜤw Divine of appearances[1] Prenomen  (Praenomen) Maat ka re mꜢꜤt kꜢ rꜤ The true one of the ka of Re[1] Truth (Ma'at) is the Ka of Re Nomen Khenemet imun, hat shepsut imn ẖnmt ḥꜢt špswt United with Amun, foremost of noble women[1]
Consort	Thutmose II
Children	Neferure[2]
Father	Thutmose I
Mother	Ahmose
Born	c. 1507 BC[3]
Died	1458 BC (aged 50)
Burial	KV20 (possibly re-interred in KV60[4])
Monuments	Temple of Karnak, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Speos Artemidos Chapelle Rouge
Dynasty	18th Dynasty

Hatshepsut^[a] (/hɑːtˈʃɛpsʊt/ haht-SHEPP-sut; c. 1507–1458 BC) was the Great Royal Wife of Pharaoh Thutmose II and the fifth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from c. 1479 BC until c. 1458 BC (Low Chronology).^[8] She was Egypt's second confirmed queen regnant, the first being Sobekneferu/Nefrusobek in the Twelfth Dynasty.

Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and Great Royal Wife, Ahmose. Upon the death of her husband and half-brother Thutmose II, she had initially ruled as regent to her stepson, Thutmose III, who inherited the throne at the age of two. Several years into her regency, Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and adopted the full royal titulary, making her a co-ruler alongside Thutmose III. In order to establish herself in the Egyptian patriarchy, she took on traditionally male roles and was depicted as a male pharaoh, with physically masculine traits and traditionally male garb. Hatshepsut's reign was a period of great prosperity and general peace. One of the most prolific builders in Ancient Egypt, she oversaw large-scale construction projects such as the Karnak Temple Complex, the Red Chapel, the Speos Artemidos and most famously, the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari.

Hatshepsut died probably in Year 22 of Thutmose III.^[9] Towards the end of the reign of Thutmose III and into the reign of his son Amenhotep II, an attempt was made to remove her from official accounts of Egyptian historiography. Her statues were destroyed, her monuments were defaced, and many of her achievements were ascribed to other pharaohs. Many modern historians attribute this to ritual and religious reasons, rather than personal hostility as previously thought.

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