HATSHEPSUT FIFTH PHARAOH EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY ONE OF THE FEW FEMALE RULERS ANCIENT HER NAME MEANS FOREMOST OF NOBLE LADIES ACCESSION THE THRONE NAME THE SOUL FAMILY BACKGROUND DAUGHTER THE PHARAOH THUTHMOSIS WIFE QUEEN AHMOSE FULL SISTER DIED IN INFANCY FATHER MARRIED MUTNOFRET AHMOSE BORE FOUR SONS WADJMOSE DIED HALF BROTHER DESCENT MARRYING CONFIRMED RIGHT TO RULE FACT MOTHER THE GREAT ROYAL RULED EGYPT 13 YEARS NEFERURE WEARING THE ROYAL FALSE BEARD THE SIDE LOCK MENKHEPERRE MEMBER HAREM TOO YOUNG POWER REGENT THE ROLE THE QUEEN RELIGIOUS CIVIL THE WIFE THUTMOSE III ORDER CONFIRM NOBLE THE MOTHER ELDEST AMENEMHAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTED QUEEN CAREER NOT OUT QUEENS ACTED INFANT PARTICULAR FAMOUS ANCESTORS NEFERTARI QUEEN AHHOTEP ECHOED THE PROTECTION ISIS GAVE HER SON HORUS THE MURDER OSIRIS THE KING CLAIM RULE PERFECTLY NORMAL TUTHMOSIS III COMMON THE MIDDLE KINGDOM JUNIOR TRAINED PASSAGE THE TOMB INENI COURT OFFICIAL NOTES FORTH HEAVEN IN TRIUMPH STOOD KING OF THE TWO LANDS RULER THE ONE BEGAT THE DIVINE SETTLED AFFAIRS REASON LABOUR BOWED EXCELLENT SEED CLEAR PROGRESSED SOMETIME SEVENTH YEAR OF POTTERY JARS LABELS DATING DISCOVERED SENENMUT PARENTS THE GOOD GODDESS MAATKARE BECOMING THE SYMBOLS THE JOB KHAT SCARF URAEUS NEMES HEADDRESS SHENDYT KILT TRADITIONAL FEMININE CLOTHING REFER TO HERSELF REIGN MALE TITLES THIS WAS RITUAL CONVENTIONAL PEACE LOVING MILITARY EXPEDITIONS SEEMS LITTLE DISSENT NEIGHBOURS INDICATION SEEN THE TEMPLE COMPLEX MORTUARY TEMPLE DEIR EL BAHARI BURIED HONOURS IN THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS NAMES PAGE TWO COPYRIGHT HILL HOME PAGE TIMELINE HIEROGLYPHS THE GODS MONUMENTS SOCIETY MYSTERIES LIBRARY CHRONOLOGY MAPS DESIGN SHOP SITEMAP FOLLOW