Where in lower Egypt did Hatchepsut live?

Question

I need a name of a city. It is important because this is for a school report.

Thebes is in Upper Egpyt, I thought someone said she lived in lower Egypt. Which is it?

Answer 1

The 18th Dynasty royal family resided at Waset,the pharonic name of Thebes and now called Luxor.
This was in Upper Egypt ( at one stage called Middle Egypt).During Hatshepsut's time the border to the south was 600 miles south of Aswan . Lower Egypt was the northern provinces to the shore of the Mediterranean. Thutmosis1,( Hatshepsuts father)extended Upper Egypt's borders to include lands we now call Palestine&Israel and as far as the Euphates river. Her nephew/co-regenttook the border further to include Lebanon.

Answer 2

I think the reason no one else is giving you a straight answer is that we do not know for sure where Hatshepsut's royal residence was. The capital of the country during this period (early New Kingdom) was at Memphis, which is at the beginning of the Delta, near modern Cairo. Memphis is probably the answer you need for your report, but see below on Thebes.

The royal family from this period was from Thebes originally (before they took over the whole country), but I do not know of any evidence for Hatshepsut actually having lived there. During this period, Thebes is what you might call a religious capital (the city of the god Amun), while Memphis was the political capital. Both cities were very important at this time.

Like other Pharaohs, she probably traveled around the country a lot. Since there was no version of our modern media, the people did not see the king unless s/he traveled around to different parts of the country for festivals and other events where the population could see the ruler. Traveling like this was generally necessary for keeping popular support of the monarch.

By the way, in response to another answer, Thebes was never in Middle Egypt. It was always Upper Egypt. Whether the ancient Egyptians acknowledged a third division of the country (Middle Egypt) depends on the period, but it would've approximately included things south of Memphis and north of Abydos (which is quite far north of Thebes to start with). Thebes was part of an area called "The Head of the South" by the Egyptians from at least the First Intermediate Period on.

Answer 3

Maatkare Hatshepsut or Hatchepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any female ruler of an indigenous dynasty.

Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders of ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects throughout both Upper and Lower Egypt. Under her reign, Egypt's trade networks began to be rebuilt following their disruption during the Hyksos occupation of Egypt in the Second Intermediate Period.

Hatshepsut is believed to have ruled from about 1479 to 1458 BC. She is regarded as the earliest known queen regnant in history and as the first great woman in recorded history. She was only the second known woman to assume the throne as "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" after Queen Sobekneferu of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt.

Answer 4

Thebes