Hatshepsut and the Women of Egypt

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Hatshepsut and the Women of Egypt
By Aseel Abu-Dayya, Anahita Nakhjiri, and Addison
Freebairn
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The Royal Family

• Hatshepsuts was born to King Thutmose I and
  Queen Ahmose. Hatshepsut eventually married her
  stepbrother, Thutmose II, whom she ruled the
  throne with until his death in 1479 B.C. From
  him, she bore two daughters, Neferura and
  Merira-Hatshepsut. Neferura was, like her mother,
  raised like a boy, although she was technically a
  princess.  Her other daughter, Merira-Hatshepsut,
  eventually became the wife of Thutmose III, the
  son of Thutmose II, from a previous marriage. By
  theory, Amenhotep II, was also believed to be the
  third daughter of Hatshepsut.          After the
  death of Thutmose II in 1479 B.C., Hatshepsut
  ruled along with her stepson, due his young age.
  It wasnt until 1473 B.C., when Hatshepsut
  declared herself pharaoh and took up the throne.
  In 1458 B.C., Hatshepsut mysteriously
  disappeared, but many believe that is was
  Thutmose III seeking revenge of his earlier
  capture of the throne. s

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Her Obelisk in Karnak

• One of Hatshepsuts greatest creations was her
  construction of her obelisk, a tall, four-sided
  shaft of stone, which rises to a pointed pyramid
  top, in Karnak, Luxor Egypt. It weighs
  approximately 320 tons and 97 feet high. Her
  obelisk was carved from red granite from single
  pieces of stone. On the base of this obelisk, in
  32 lines of hieroglyphs, which state what
  happened during the building of this obelisk.

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The Deir el-Bahri Temple

• One of Hatshepsut main accomplishments...is
  her temple, also know as her funerary complex,
  located in Deir el-Bahri Egypt. Built by her
  architect Senenmut, the temple was set and built
  at the head of a valley overshadowed by the Peak
  of Thebes, where a goddess was living. An avenue
  of sphinxes lined up and led up to the temple,
  where many ramps also led from terrace to
  terrace. Also lined up inside of the temple, are
  statues of Hatshepsut smiling over the valley,
  with other statues and sphinxes.

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The Expedition to Punt

• Hatshepsuts expedition to Punt, also known as
  the Gods land, was on her 8th year of reign and
  was a great accomplishment at the time. On the
  expedition, her architect, Senenmut, was sent
  with 5 ships with 30 rowers in each over the Red
  Sea from Quseir, Egypt. They left for a trading
  mission, for myrrh trees, and for items used to
  make cosmetics for religious ceremonies. But not
  only did they come back with their desired items,
  they came back with exotic plants and animals,
  completely loading their ships with items. This
  quote, to my right, indicated how much power
  Hatshepsut had over the people of Egypt, and
  getting anything that she desired.

all goodly fragrant woods of God's-Land, heaps
of myrrh resin, with fresh myrrh trees, with
ebony and pure ivory, with green gold of Emu,
with cinnamon wood, khesyt wood, with two kinds
of incense, eye-cosmetics, with apes, monkeys,
dogs, and with skins of the southern panther,
with natives and their children. Never was
brought the like of this for any king who has
been since the beginning.
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Hatshepsut

• Hatshepsut Maatkare was the fifth ruler of the
  18th dynasty, and one of the few female pharaohs
  of Egypt. She was one of the very few queens who
  have ever sat on the throne of Egypt, and
  surprisingly, was the only one to be enthroned as
  a king, not a queen, bearing all the divine
  names of a king. Assuming all the regalia and
  ceremonies of a true Pharaoh and dressing in
  men's attire, including having a beard,
  Hatshepsut administered affairs of the nation,
  with the full support of religious leaders.
  However, Hatshepsut was defaced from most of her
  monuments, and many reliefs were smashed,
  obliterated, or vandalized. The ignoring of her
  name in all Kings Lists has made her
  unremembered for a long period, and constituted
  some later difficulties for historians. She was
  later remembered once again during the 19th
  century A.D., with the study of her temple in
  Deir el-Bahri.

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