Hatshepsut Pharaoh of Egypt

hatshepsut

pharaoh of egypt

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by paloma ramos puerta

index

1. A little bit of history

2. What is the mystery?

3. Facts around the mystery

4. Theories

5. Gallery

6. Links

A little bit of history

Hatshepsut, Royal Princess, Daughter of King Thutmose I and his consort Queen Ahmose. She married her half-brother, Thutmose II, who died leaving no heir but for the son of a woman in his harem, the future Thutmose III.

Hatshepsut became Regent until her nephew's come of age but soon enough, she presented herself with the symbols of a pharaoh: the beard, the short skirt and the nemes or royal headdress.

And here is where everything changes: she was not a Queen or a Regent, she was the pharaoh and ruled over Egypt with the power of a man.

She was also a military leader but there were no wars during her reign. She was an extremely gifted diplomat.

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what is the mystery?

Although she was a good Pharaoh and Egypt had prosperity while she was ruling, after her death, her name was erased from all temples and monuments built under her reign.

Her name does not appear

facts around the mystery

1. She built a lot of monuments and all were abandoned when she died.2. Her name was erased from the walls of the temples but the scenes of her as pharaoh, were not.3. Hatshepsut's reign was peaceful and prosperous.4. Thutmose III ruled with her, preparing himself to become pharaoh for when she died.

theories

1. She did something that disturbed important people of her time.2. Thutmose III wanted to take over her triumphs in politics. 3.Thutmose III's son, jealous of her step-grandmother's glory, removed all sign of her existence.4. Her forced pass into oblivion occured about twenty years after Thutmose III sat on the throne.

First representation of Hapshetsut with the nemes of King.

gallery

Hatshepsut mortuary Temple at Deir el-Bahri

Thutmose following Hatshepsut, detail of the Red Chapel.

links

"Here and there, in the dark recesses of a shrine or tomb where no plebeian eye could see, the queen's cartouche and figure were left intact ... which never vulgar eye would again behold, still conveyed for the king the warmth and awe of a divine presence"Donald Redford.

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