Great Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt | Hatshepsut: Female Pharaoh (Lecture 3)

Lecture 3: One of the greatest individuals in Egyptian history, Hatshepsut appears in no official record. We trace her biography from her marriage at the age of 12 to her half-brother, Tuthmosis II, to her death as “King of Upper and Lower Egypt.” We see how a woman handled the three ways in which a king was supposed to distinguish himself: building, waging war, and undertaking trading expeditions. After examining her three major achievements—her temple at Deir el Bahri, the trading expedition to Punt, and the erection of two great obelisks—we discuss why her name was systematically erased from Egyptian records. We also examine her relationship with Senenmut, the commoner who may have been her lover.

Essential Reading:
Joyce Tyldesley, Hatchepsut.

Supplementary Reading:
Aidan Dodson, Monarchs of the Nile, chapter IX.

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