Hatshepsut was the eldest daughter of Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. Her rise to power is vague, but according to most Egyptologists, Hatshepsut is believed to have been favored by the Temple of Karnak over her two brothers by her father, a view promoted by her own propaganda, her father Thutmose I supposedly named her as his direct heir.
Upon Thutmose II's death, the throne passed to Thutmose III, and Hatshepsut—as the boy king's aunt and stepmother—was selected to be interregnum regent until he came of age. She took over the rule.
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.
The masterpiece of her building projects was her mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri.
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2007-01-17 20:46:40
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answered by fozio 6
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At the time of Hatshibsut, the first Egyptian expedition was launched around the African continent ! It took the expidition 3 years to complete it successfully...Hatshepsut also established trade routes with others as the Nubians. She was a perfect pharoah !
2007-01-17 22:22:03
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answered by ahmos 4
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Hatshepsut(Ma'atkare)was the daughter of Pharoah Thumose I,a commoner by birth and his Great Wife Ahmose.
Ahmose was from a family of very powerful priests of Amun who held great political power during the 18th Dynasty.
There is some evidence to show that Hatshepsut was the most favored child of Thutmose I and accompanied him on royal visits along the Nile at around the age of 12.
This choice may also have been due to the fact that the heir, her half brother Tutmoses II was the sufferer of a systemic illnesss.
He was born of Mutnofret, a lesser wife possibly heiress to the Nome of Thebes.
Thutmoses II(1492-1479) assumed power on the death of his father, and married his half sister Hatshepset.
She now assumed the title of Queen, Great Wife and Gods Wife of Amun, a title inherited from her mother.
They ruled co-jointly, with Hatshepsut dealing with the political and economical issues of Egypt.
While Thutmoses pursued his personal pursuits.
Although sickly and frail he is known to have taken part in at least one campaign against the Asiatics.
A fragment of a papyrus, documents that he entered Syria,but there is doubt to its actual truth.
He died at the age of 29.
Leaving an infant son, Thutmose III as hier to the throne and Hatshepsut as his co-regent.
Hatshepsut assumed complete power only two years later. With the political support of Senenmut her only child and daughter Nererru-Ra's tutor and Hatshepsut most trusted friend ans advisor,also Hapusened a court official.
She was greatly supported by the powerful priests of Amun.
There is some doubt as to the actual father of her daughter Nepheru-Ra, although ThutmoseII acknowleged fatherhood.
On assuming power,Pharoah Hatshepsut assumed the full regailia of a male Pharoah.
Thumosis III was relegated to the background.
What happenened to her daughter and most trusted advisor can only be assumed. They dissapeared from alll records after 1469BC.
She administered the affairs of the nation by herself, and began work on her beautiful temple at Dier el Bahri,on the western bank of Thebes.
Reliefs on the walls of the temple depict the God Amun visiting Queen Ahmose.Giving her the breathe of the life of Hatshepsut into her nose.
From this depiction Hatshepsut assumed her divine heritage.
During her reign Egypt remained stable and secure. She made many additions to the great temples at Thebes(Luxor) and Karnak and many other building projects.
Also being responsible for the unique tomb designed for her father and herself in the Valley of the Kings.
She funded many expeditions the most famous being to the Land of Punt.Depicted on her temples walls.
The ancient roots of trees brought back can still be seen at her temple.
When Kadesh and its allies started a revolt against Egypt in 1458BC.Thutmosis III led a campaign out of Egypt and Hatshepsut disappeared from history.
Her statues reliefs and shrines were mutilated by followers of Tuthmoses III in the folowing years. It is known that her mummy was hidden by the priests of Amun, to protect it from destruction.
It is thought to now rest in the cavernous basements of the Cairo Museum.After being located in a mummmy cache in the 1930S.
Unfortunaltly it was never properly cataloged.
2007-01-17 23:49:46
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answered by sistablu...Maat 7
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I agree. Egypt is the only u . s . interior the midsection East that has thoroughly forgotten its identity. Even Syrians and Iranians are a lot extra conscious of whom they have been pre-Islamically than Egyptians are. That reported, Egyptian custom has had many rises and falls considering the fact that historical circumstances. interior the Nineteen Twenties, it became into paradise. interior the Fifties, it became into nonetheless paradise. interior the Seventies, it became into habitable. immediately, it is hell. in line with risk by using the 2070s, fundamentalism will finally lose its momentum and we are able to circulate into right into a 'placed up-Islamic' society like many Iranians might like of their u . s .. Liberalism isn't immortal, and fundamentalism isn't the two.
2017-01-01 08:26:47
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answered by ? 3
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actually she was the regent on her younger brother
2007-01-18 10:23:56
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answered by SemSem 2
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