Ancient Egypt: New Theory About Hatshepsut

A woman becoming Pharaoh had been almost unheard of in ancient Egypt until Hatshepsut was born. Hatshepsut was the second daughter of the pharaoh, Thothmes I. After her sister, Neferu-khebit, died, Hatshepsut was the next heir to the throne unless a male married her and became Pharaoh. After Thothmes passed away, Hatshepsut fearfully, yet confidently, claimed the throne and commenced one of the most successful She-Pharaoh reigns ever recorded. Pauline Gedge’s Child of the Morning explained the social, political, economic, and cultural aspects of ancient Egypt’s society during Hatshepsut’s reign as Queen and Pharaoh.

Hatshepsut was born around 15th century B.C., she is the daughter of Tuthmose the first and his wife, Aahmes. When king Tuthmose I died, queen Aahmes married her half-brother, King Tuthmose II. King Tuthmose II died after a short rule and the throne was supposed to be passed down to his son Tuthmose III but he was considered far too young to rule so Hatshepsut ruled in his stead as a regent. Information about Hatshepsut varied a bit, some articles speculated Hatshepsut was the 4th female pharaoh while others say she was the 6th. But without a doubt she was considered one of the greatest pharaohs of all time, even amongst the male counterparts. As a pharaoh, Hatshepsut did things like reestablishing trade routes that has been long lost due to past invaders. By doing this, Hatshepsut was able to turn the economy around and lead Egypt into a period of wealth and prosperous trade. Her allowing an expedition to the land of Punt also wielded excellent results. In total she sent 5 ships accommodating 210 sailors and 30 rowers most likely slaves. They bought back 31 live myrrh tree roots and were the first recorded attempt to plant foreign

She was a great Pharaoh, but she was supposed to give the throne to her stepson when the last Pharaoh dies and she keeps it to herself. The reason for this is that I think she kept the throne for herself because she must've thought the nethu was too young to be the next Pharaoh and was protecting the empire from having a very young boy as your Pharaoh or she could just be a person who is not thinking about anyone else besides herself and wants to keep it for all of the gold and riches. Another reason why Ramses was a greater is when Ramses went into went into battle he didn’t care about winning or losing it just mattered that he didn’t give up on it and Hatshepsut didn’t even go into battle because she was scared that she was going to lose being a Pharaoh and have to give it to her stepson. Ramses worked hard to fight for his empire and all Hatshepsut did was sit there and think of another thing to do instead of go into war to protect her

Hatshepsut and Akhenaten have both revolutionized Egyptian art during their reign as rulers of Egypt. In the 18th Dynasty in Egypt, the art of both Queen/King Hatshepsut and Akhenaten represented them with features not corresponding to their biological sex or social gender. In several of her paintings and sculptures, Hatshepsut was often portrayed as a man despite that fact that she was a woman. On the other hand, Akhenaten was often portrayed with feminine features, something that was never done before in Egyptian art. There have been many different theories from historians as to why Hatshepsut, Akhenaten, and their artists may have done this, but nothing has yet to be confirmed.

In one respect, Hatshepsut is viewed as the female pharaoh who had a particularly unsuccessful reign that was devoid of any real achievements. Historians writing in the 1970’s and 1980’s often made sexist and unfounded assumptions about Hatshepsut’s rule, including her apparent scheming to take the throne from the

Hatshepsut became a dominant leader during the New Kingdom when she attained legitimate power when she declared herself as Pharaoh. After her husband, Thutmose II died prematurely; he had left a son named Thutmose III that was born to a lesser wife to his successor of the New Kingdom. As Thutmose III was quite young when he ascended the throne, Hatshepsut had the duty to co-regent with the young pharaoh. Together, they reigned for three years. Soon, political crisis started to arise which made Hatshepsut to take on the role of pharaoh in order to save her kingdom. When she enthroned herself, she started to make statues of herself having a beard, muscles and holding a flock and flail. She depicted herself as a man through these statues. Hatshepsut

Amun and religion played a large role in Hatshepsut’s reign due to the use of a higher being to consolidate her reign. The limestone bust of Hatshepsut as Osiris, a portrait from her mortuary temple at Deir el Bahari depicts her as the male god Osiris, giving her a sense of power as she is depicted as a powerful god, god of

During the time of Ancient Egypt, having strong Pharaohs was essential to the maintenance and growth of the civilization, as the Pharaohs were believed to be living Gods. Although leadership of Ancient Egypt was often male dominated, there were admirable female Pharaohs who successfully gained power and left behind a positive legacy; one woman to achieve this was Hatshepsut, meaning ‘foremost of female nobles’. Her innovation and determination allowed her to maintain her position of Pharaoh for about twenty years (1479-1458 BCE). Hatshepsut was considered to be a very successful leader because of her confidence and ambition, magnificent building projects, and establishment of a strong trading network.

Hatshepsut, also known as the first female pharaoh to obtain full power and one of the most successful rulers of ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut accomplished many things during her reign. She successfully re-established trade routes and construction projects. She also had a successful military career and claims she fought alongside soldiers in battle. Thus making Hatshepsut one of the most successful rulers in ancient Egyptian history.

During her time, Egypt was a patriarchal society. When Thutmose II had died, Thutmose III was too young to be pharoah. Since all of Thutmose II sons were dead Hathsepsut had to step in as the pharoah until Thutmose III was of age. When the time came for her son to step in and take her place, she refused to give up her power. She had one many things to ensure her power remained. She posed as a man so the men of the society would not look down on her and think she was not capable of handling the job. She dresses as a man, with the traditional clothing, including the shendyt kilt. The shendyt kilt was a traditional men's garment in Egypt, which was usually worn by men. Hatsheput had also worn the nemes headdress. The nemes headdress is a headdress that had symbolized that you were either a god or a king. Hatsheput had worn this because it allow her to fall under the category of a king rather than queen, a man rather than a women. In some statues, Hatsheput is even depicted with a false beard, along with the nemes headdress and the shendyt kilt. It is written that Hatsheput even asked to be referred to a man. When being talked about, she told the people to call her the king instead of the queen. Every statues showed her as a man. Even when being talk to, Hatsheput was referred to as his majesty opposed to being her majesty. Just by being pictured as a man,Hatshepsut had made Egypt more prosperous than most male leaders

As stated in ancient egypt online “Hatshepsut is the most remembered for returning a high level of economic prosperity to Egypt.” She wore male clothing and she wore a false beard, most likely because she wanted the people of Egypt to accept her as pharaoh and to maintain dominance. Hatshepsut’s reign was one of wealth, prosperity and peace. Some of her contributions and accomplishments were expanding trade routes of Ancient Egypt as well as an expedition to the Land of Punt. Because of this expedition the Land of Punt became a major trade partner with Egypt. She supplied Egypt with gold, myrrh trees, ivory, ebony, and animal skins. Because of this the Egyptian economy flourished under her rule. Hatshepsut put into motion a vast building and rebuilding program to repair damage done by the invasion of the Hyksos. During her reign as Pharaoh she had built more buildings and monuments than any other Pharoah, her most impressive and beautiful building was the mortuary temple at Deir el- Bahri in the Valley of the

She also brought wealth to Egypt. Being the first female pharaoh is a huge thing, some people supported her during this times, but others were strongly against her. This includes, Thutmose III who tried to erase all evidence of Hatshepsut’s rule as a pharaoh. To add on to this all, her army was the world’s largest army. She established different trade routes, which resulted in goods being brought back from Egypt, this all led to wealth. She showed her power as the first female ruler, and through her military.

Hatshepsut was the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I, who came to the throne as a successful middle-aged military commander – the previous pharaoh Amenhotep I had failed to produce a rightful male heir.

Thutmose II on the other hand also had another wife Isis with whom he fathered a son Thutmose III. King Thutmose II dies around 1479 BC, after his death the throne would go to his only son, Thutmose III but unfortunately he was only a child, so Hatshepsut as the queen became regent and agreed to serve until Thutmose III was old enough to serve alone. But it seems that around the seventh year Hatshepsut changed the rules a but and decided to crown herself Pharaoh of Egypt. After she crown herself Pharaoh Hatchepsut became to change how she was portrayed instead of being portrayed in female attire and garb she started to become represented as male instead. Many historians seem to be quite interested in why she would do such a thing.

Queen Hatshepsut Hatshepsut was the longest reigning female pharaoh in Egypt, ruling for 20 years in the 15th century B.C. She is considered one of Egypt's most successful pharaohs. It is recorded that she was born sometime around 1508 B.C. Queen Hatshepsut ruled over Egypt for more than 20 years. She was the only child born to the Egyptian king