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Hatshepsut (/ h ɑː t ˈ ʃ ɛ p s ʊ t / 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).
May 28, 2024 · Hatshepsut, was the female king of Egypt (reigned as coregent c. 1479–73 bce and in her own right c. 1473–58 bce) who attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh.
Dec 16, 2009 · Hatshepsut, daughter of King Thutmose I, became queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother, Thutmose II, around the age of 12. Upon his death, she began acting as regent for her stepson,...
Oct 19, 2016 · Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458 BCE) was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of pharaoh. Her name means "Foremost of Noble Women " or "She is First Among Noble Women". She began her reign as regent to her stepson Thutmose III (r. 1458-1425 BCE) who would succeed her.
Apr 16, 2019 · Who was Hatshepsut? Hatshepsut declared herself pharaoh, ruling as a man would for over 20 years and portraying herself in statues and paintings with a male body and false beard. As a sphinx,...
Aug 20, 2021 · The great Queen Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in ancient Egypt’s history. How did she do it? Aug 20, 2021 • By Marian Vermeulen, BA History and Philosophy. Statue of Pharaoh Hatshepsut and head from an Osiride figure of Hatshepsut, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Hatshepsut (Hatchepsut) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty and one of the few female rulers of Ancient Egypt. Her name means “Foremost of Noble Ladies”, and on her accession as pharaoh she took the throne name “Ma’atkare” (“Truth is the soul of Ra ).
Jun 12, 2021 · Highly regarded as one of the most renowned women of ancient history, Hatshepsut was the famed queen regent who defied all odds and went on to become the second known woman to be crowned pharaoh of ancient Egypt.
Aug 9, 2011 · Hatshepsut, a name meaning “the foremost of noble ladies”, held the title “God’s Wife of Amen” and became co-regent for her nephew and stepson Thutmose III until he came of age (Manuelian and Loeben, 1993). After two years, Hatshepsut deemed herself pharaoh, and crowned herself sole ruler of Egypt.
Oct 27, 2022 · The memorial temple of Hatshepsut, the great female pharaoh who came to the throne of Egypt in 1478 BC sits nestled beneath a dramatic amphitheatre of limestone cliffs on the edge of the Valley of the Kings.
