Morgan Judish HIST 170 Research paper Hatshepsut: The Female King Ancient Egypt has commonly been a fascination of modern man. Every child has a period of time where they believe they will be an archaeologist and discover the next great Egyptian secret. All of them have heard of King Tut or more commonly known gods such as Ra or Anubis. However, there is one ruler of Egypt who is largely overlooked: Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut was not only the first female to maintain the status of pharaoh; she was
Hatshepsut – Part 1 Hatshepsut was born in the 15th century in Egypt and was the first great woman in recorded history. Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and queen Ahmes. She had two brothers and a half brother. Unfortunately, Hatshepsut’s full brothers died while they were still young children and so she became sort of an only child. After her father’s death when she was 12, Hatshepsut became the queen of Egypt when she married her half-brother and he became the Pharaoh Thutmose II.
Pharaoh of Egypt would usually proclaim themselves as being the physical son of the predominant god in Egypt (Bradley, P, 1999). Hatshepsut depicted this in her Devine Conception and Birth scenes on the Middle Colonnade at her mortuary temple, Deir el Bahri. However these accounts were different in that it involved, for the first time, the birth of a female ruler. The reliefs depict how Amun foretold the gods about the birth of the female Hatshepsut. It also portrays Amun taking on Thutmose I’s form
Choga Zambil and Djeser-Djeseru are not as well known today as buildings such as the Empire State Building or St. Peter’s Basilica, but when they were originally constructed each was respectively possibly the greatest monument of its time. While the structures may have had formal differences, both were meant to show the power and strength of their creators. They both do this through their size and the architectural choices made in their construction which reference the past while pointing towards
In Gardiner’s excerpt, Hatshepsut was showcased as a deviation from his original topic of discussion, Thutmose II and III. Made out to be a sudden, minor and unfair oddity that occurred during Thutmose III’s reign, her rise to power is not something Gardiner discusses in detail (Gardiner 1961:181-2). When explaining the end of Hatshepsut’s reign, he immediately continues Thutmose III’s narrative since it is then that he finally becomes “free” of his step-mother, who he “hated” for putting in the
Hatshepsut was Thutmose II’s queen, she became regent for Thutmose III ca. 1479 at his death. Egypt prospered under her reign. When Thutmose III was old enough to rule, it was decided that Hatshepsut and Thutmose III would reign together as co-regents. Hatshepsut and Thutmose III’s co-rule may have been strained. After Hatshepsut’s death, Thutmose III defiled or removed many statues, paintings or writings of Hatshepsut life and reign. Not many records exist that show what type of relationship
Hatshepsut and nurse Sitsnefru are both women from Egypt. Both women play a major role within the Egypt culture. The Egyptian culture does not allow women to become leaders. Queen Hatshepsut took control when she had her chance on the other hand; Nurse Sitsnefru felt it was her duty to take care of her patient. They were looked up to as important figures in Egypt. They have both accomplished so much to help their culture flourish and the people to grow. I will discuss their great accomplishments
spheres became entwined in both theory and practice. During the 18th dynasty, temple construction reached its highest point under Amenhotep III and Tuthmosis II; it was the art of the Middle kingdom that they wished to imitate. Hatshepsut temple at Deir el Bahari compared to its neighboring temple of Mentuhotep III, are great examples of the return to ancient architectural resources. ( image 4&5) show the direct inspiration based on the replica of the previous kingdom’s architecture. Some of the imitated
Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt during the 18th dynasty, was one of a small handful of female pharaohs. Despite her many achievements, her reign is most remembered for the fact that she was a woman. Her unique story has been a source for dispute among scholars, which has led to a number of conflicting views. The small amount of Hatshepsut’s life that has been documented does not allow us to see the more intimate details of her life. Historians have a broad range of opinions on her, but one thing
Deir El Medina Describe the village of Deir El Medina. The village of Deir El Medina grew from the time of the 18th Dynasty to the 20th. By its final stage approximately 70 houses stood within the village walls and 50 outside. Perhaps 600 people lived here by then. A wall surrounded the village approximately six meters high built of mud-brick. Gates were located at each end. The villages of Deir El Medina made up a special government department under the vizier of Upper Egypt, and were a select
1. Biography a. Family • Thutmose I= Father • Akheperenre(aka Thutmose II)= Half-Brother/Husband • Amenmose= Brother • Wadjmose= Brother • Ramose= half-brother • Thutmose III= Nephew • Neferure= Daughter • Amenhotep I= Uncle • Neferubity= Sister • Ahmose= Mother • Menkheperre(aka Thutmose III)= step-son b. Birth • Born 1508 BCE to 1458 BCE • Thebes, Egypt • The child to the Egyptian King, Thutmose I, and queen, Ahmose • After her father died, at age 12, she married her half-brother Thutmose
Hatsheptsut was born “at the dawn of a glorious age of Egyptian imperial power and prosperity, called the New Kingdom” (Wilson). She was born around 1508 B.C. and the only child born to the Egyptian King, Thutmose I and his wife, Ahmose. Hatshepsut became queen after marrying her half-brother, Thutmose II when he was twelve-years-old. In order to become a pharaoh, a man must marry a female of royal blood, usually a sister, half-sister or another close family member. Women were depicted for carrying
liable due to her bloodline and acknowledging the Eighteenth dynasty starting point. During her time of regent, she had the titles of Great King’s Wife and sister of the succeeding pharaoh. Within the carved reliefs known as the Divine Birth at Deir el-Bahri it is seen to have become Hatshepsut propaganda which states that she eligible to claim throne rather than her step-son. The idea states that the god Amun, who is disguised as Thutmose I, impregnates her mother. Made his form like the majesty of
Hatshepsut is rendered wearing a nemes headdress and royal beard.1 However she has neither a male or female body but that of a lion. One author believe that the sphinx seen above, were originally displayed on the lower terrace of Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahri. They wrote that they were six of these sphinxes “that were space evenly in two east-west rows flanking the scared route across the terrace to the ramp that ascended to the temple’s middle level.”3 Due to the positioning the sphinx it can be assumed
wild animals, including monkeys and baboons. The mission also went in search of slaves. Hatshepsut probably died around 1458 B.C., when she would have been in her mid-40s. She was buried in the Valley of the Kings, located in the hills behind Deir el-Bahri. In another effort to legitimize her reign, she had her father’s sarcophagus reburied in her tomb so they could lie
Comparison of Babylonian Art vs. Egyptian Art Over the history of man, there have been many prosperous empires that ruled in different parts of the world. Babylon and Egypt are two of these empires that ruled almost 500 years apart, but had one thing in common, great artistic works. Wall paintings such as the Babylonian work Investiture of Zimrilim, and the Egyptian Queen Neferati Making an Offering to Isis are examples of the great works of their times. Both pieces are rich in meaning and
The color black (khem) in ancient Egypt was associated with the underworld and resurrection. Black skin was given to some royal images, to signify the king's renewal and transformation. Although throughout his funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri, the eleventh dynasty king Nebhepetre Montuhotep I was regularly shown in relief and in statuary with reddish-brown skin, one statue found ritually buried shows the king with black skin, to symbolize his renewal in the afterlife and possibly his identification
renovating programs. She constructed building projects especially around Thebes. She renovated her father’s hall temple designing a building nearly 100 feet tall and adding a chapel. Her greatest achievement was the enormous memorial temple at Deir el-Bahri. (Chaveau 2000) Power and leadership takes different forms depending on the rules and policies enacted in the nation. Royal lineages have always played an important role in leading a hereditary type of leadership. Leadership in Egypt was acquired
for me by my father, Amun-Re’. Concepts of the divine oracles and the divine birth of the king became a theme for pharaohs of the 19th dynasty, and afforded them heightened legitimacy. Hatshepsut’s divine birth scenes on her mortuary temple in Deir el Bahri depicts her claim to be the daughter of Amun, manipulating the public to believe in her divine birth. Additionally, Thutmose IV’s ‘dream stela” erected between the paws of the sphinx, which claimed that he had been granted the kingship because
Dynasty 18, joint reign of Hatshepsut’s temple at Deir el-Bahri, excavated mostly in the so-called “Hatshepsut Hole,” a depression east of the outer wall of the temple of Thutmose III, filled to gain level ground for that temple’s causeway; a few fragments were excavated in the western part of the quarry; MMA