Ancient Egypt: Hatshepsut

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Hatshepsut was one of only a few female kings of ancient Egypt, reigning from about 1473 to 1458 bc. She attained unprecedented power for a woman, adopting the full titles and regalia of a pharaoh.

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The story of Hatshepsut, the second and most important woman to become pharaoh in ancient Egypt, unfolds along two tracks. There is her own successful reign, and there is her controversial afterlife.

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A thousand years after the Pyramids were built, Queen Hatshepsut, widow and half sister of King Thutmose II, ascended Egypt's throne when the latter died prematurely in 1473 B.C. As regent for her infant nephew and stepson, Thutmose III, she was not the first woman to rule Egypt. But, for reasons that remain unknown, a few years into her regency, Hatshepsut discarded the title "queen" and became "king."

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In this life-size statue, Hatshepsut is shown wearing the nemes-headcloth and the shendyt-kilt. These are part of the ceremonial attire of the Egyptian king, which was traditionally a man's role.

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"During the period in Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom (from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Dynasty; c. 1570-c. 1069 b.c.e.), royal women began to play a more active role in political affairs ..."

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"Hatshepsut was not the only woman ruler of ancient times; however, as queen of Egypt during the Eighteenth Dynasty, she was the only woman to rule a world power at the height of its greatness ..."