Hatshepsut
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Hatshepsut
, Hatshepset queen of Egypt of the l8th dynasty (?1512--1482 bc). She built a great mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri near Thebes
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Hatshepsut
Egyptian queen from 1525 to 1503 B.C.
Hatshepsut was co-ruler with her stepbrother and husband, Thutmose II (pharaoh from 1525 to circa 1523), and with her stepson, Thumose III (pharaoh from 1525 to 1473). She deprived her co-rulers of power and officially declared herself pharaoh (artists later depicted Hatshepsut with the pharaonic beard). She was supported chiefly by the priesthood of Amon. During her reign, Egypt’s holdings in Palestine and Syria were practically lost, a trading expedition to Punt was prepared, and the construction of temples was intensified. After Hatshepsut’s death, Thutmose III, wishing to eradicate her memory, ordered her images and all inscriptions of her name to be obliterated.
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