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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 ...
For instance, Hatshepsut was frequently depicted as a male king. That was an imposed request from her for political reasons to legitimize her rule as a woman (that is considered a sign of decay and chaos) and to emphasize her adherence to Ma'at by ascertaining her male identity. Her divine conception scene is purely propagandistic.
Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt ruled as full pharaoh 1479–58 BC. [1] An honorary male or honorary man is a woman who is accorded the status of a man without disrupting the patriarchal status quo. Such women can take on roles (such as monarch) typically associated with men, but they may not substantially alter gender norms for the rest of their ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 January 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 ...
A stela borne by a courtier’s statue shows Merytre-Hatshepsut standing before Thutmose III. In this scene, she is wearing a modius with double plumes, holding a fly-whisk in one hand and an ankh in the other. [6] Scene from a tomb in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna. The scene appears to depict a statue of Merytre-Hatshepsut.
English: Horus falcon bird statue. Horus is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities. The Temple of Hatshepsut is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it. A turning point in the megalithic geometry of the Old Kingdom. Thebes, Luxor, Egypt.
English: Osirian statues of Hatshepsut at her tomb. The Temple of Hatshepsut is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it. A turning point in the megalithic geometry of the Old Kingdom. Thebes, Luxor, Egypt.
Workers dragged the statues from her temple to one of two designated sites: a quarry – a burrow from which fill material was obtained – and the Hatshepsut Hole. Here, sledgehammers and stone blocks were used to break up the statues, which were then dumped into the chosen repositories.