Lecture #10: Hatshepsut

by Dr. Campbell Price
published on 30 September 2026

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In this lecture, Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, explores the life and legacy of Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's most extraordinary rulers. Known as the female pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, Hatshepsut reigned during the New Kingdom and reshaped traditional ideas of kingship, power, and divine authority.

Dr. Price situates Hatshepsut within her historical and familial context — daughter of Tuthmose I, wife of Tuthmose II, and stepmother to Tuthmose III — and explains how she rose from regent to full pharaoh. The lecture examines her political strategies, religious role as God's Wife of Amun, and the ways in which she used art, architecture, and ceremony to legitimize her reign.

📚 Recommended Books:
Hatshepsut: The Female Pharaoh
by Joyce Tyldesley
https://www.worldhistory.org/books/0140244646

The Woman Who Would Be King
by Kara Cooney
https://www.worldhistory.org/books/0307956776

Life and Afterlife of Senenmut
by Campbell Price (his own book, upcoming 2026).

Brief Histories: Ancient Egypt
by Campbell Price
https://www.worldhistory.org/books/1399622587

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