Hatshepsut: the Forgotten Woman who was a King of Egypt

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Kelly Macquire
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published on 18 January 2022

Hatshepsut, whose name means Foremost of Noble Women or She is First Among Noble Women is the forgotten woman who was a King of Ancient Egypt. She began as regent for her stepson Thutmose III and presented herself as a woman, but later she chose to depict herself as a man. Hatshepsut was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and his Great Wife Ahmose. While Thutmose III was still only a child, Thutmose II died, and Hatshepsut became regent, which was a common role for women to claim when the heir to the throne was not yet old enough to rule. She was meant to control the affairs of Egypt until her step-son came of age, but seven years after she became regent, she proclaimed herself Pharaoh of Egypt and took all of the royal titles and names. These titles were all written in the feminine grammatical form, but she began to depict herself as a male pharaoh.

Her step-son, Thutmose III became known as the Napoleon of Ancient Egypt for his great military successes, and twenty years after Hatshepsut's death, widespread destruction of Hatshepsut occurred. Not only that, but Thutmose III back-dates his rule to the death of his father, and all that Hatshepsut accomplished in her twenty years as pharaoh is attributed to Thutmose III instead. Her name and her images were erased from evidence in an attempt to completely remove her from Egypt’s history.

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— CHAPTERS —
0:00​ Introduction
0:55 Who is Hatshepsut?
1:51 Early Life and Regency of Hatshepsut
5:07 The Reign of Hatshepsut as King of Egypt
8:32 Death and Disappearance of Hatshepsut
12:44 Outro

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Hatshepsut https://www.worldhistory.org/hatshepsut/
The Temple of Hatshepsut https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1100/the-temple-of-hatshepsut/
Queen Hatshepsut: Daughter of Amun, Pharaoh of Egypt https://www.worldhistory.org/article/118/queen-hatshepsut-daughter-of-amun-pharaoh-of-egypt/
The Statuary of Maatkare Hatshepsut https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1096/the-statuary-of-maatkare-hatshepsut/
God's Wife of Amun https://www.worldhistory.org/God's_Wife_of_Amun/
Thutmose III https://www.worldhistory.org/Thutmose_III/
Punt https://www.worldhistory.org/punt/
New Kingdom of Egypt https://www.worldhistory.org/New_Kingdom_of_Egypt/


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Kelly Macquire
Kelly is a graduate from Monash University who has completed her BA (Honours) in Ancient History and Archaeology, focussing on iconography and status in Pylos burials. She has a passion for mythology and the Aegean Bronze Age.

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