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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 2025. Egyptian queen and pharaoh, sixth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1479/8–1458 BC) For the 13th dynasty princess, see Hatshepsut (king's daughter). Hatshepsut Statue of Hatshepsut on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Pharaoh Reign c. 1479 – 1458 BC Coregency Thutmose III ...
The power of the Amun priesthood was temporarily curtailed during the Amarna period. A high priest named Maya is recorded in year 4 of Akhenaten. Akhenaten had the name of Amun removed from monuments during his reign as well as the names of several other deities. After his death, Amun was restored to his place of prominence among the cults in ...
Through this marriage Hatshepsut was given her royal titles as Great King's Wife and God's Wife of Amun, [2] empowering her to participate as a royal personage in cult rituals. Hatshepsut only birthed a single child, the girl Neferure, with Thutmose II. However, Thutmose II's secondary wife, Isis, gave birth to a son, Thutmose III. During ...
In the tympanum, cartouches containing Hatshepsut's name are flanked and apotropaically guarded by those of Amun-Re. [64] This chamber was the endpoint of the annual Beautiful Festival of the Valley. [65] The second chamber contained a cult image of Amun, [60] [34] [62] and was flanked either side by a chapel. [66]
A series of scenes in Hatshepsut's Chapelle Rouge show the God's Wife of Amun (her daughter) and a male priest undergoing a ritual or ceremony that seems to be aimed at destroying the names of enemies. Other scenes elsewhere show the God's Wife of Amun worshiping the deities, being purified in the sacred lake, and following the king into the ...
Nebty name: Wadjrenput, "She of the Two Ladies, Flourishing of years" Golden Horus: Netjeretkhau, "Divine of appearance" (Netjeret is the feminine form of netery meaning 'godly' or 'divine', and khau, 'appearances') Praenomen: Maatkare, "Truth [Ma'at] is the Ka of Re" Nomen: Khnumt-Amun Hatshepsut, "Joined with Amun, Foremost of Noble Ladies"
Den was the first pharaoh to have a Nesut-biti(dual king) name, and is the first pharaoh attested wearing the double crown of upper and lower Egypt. [43] A second sed festival is attested from his reign, indicating he enjoyed a long time in power. [ 43 ]
Senakhtenre Ahmose [1]: Tetisheri: Seqenenre Tao: Ahhotep I: Ahhotep II: Kamose: Seventeenth dynasty: Ahmose-Sitkamose: Ahmose I: Ahmose-Nefertari: Ahmose-ankh ...