Queen Hatshepsut

TEMBLE OF HATSHEPSUT

Hatshepsut meaninng Foremost of noble ladies {1508 BC- 1458 BC } was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasfy of ancient egypt. she is generally regarded by egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.

Although poor rcords of her reign are documented in divers ancient sources hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 BC, during years seven to twenty-one of the reign prevously identified as that of thutmose lll today it is generlly recognized that hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and the length of her reign usually is given as twenty -two years since she was assigned a reign of twenty-one years and nine months by the third-century B.C historian manetho who had access to many records that now are lost. Her death is known to have occurred in 1458 BC, which implies that she became pharaoh circa 1479 BC.

Hatshepsut`s Mummy in Egyptian Museum