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Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut ruled  for over 20 years during the 18th dynasty. She was a successful military  leader, promoted trade and architecture, with large scale construction taking  place during her reign. Due to the tender age that Thutmose II came to the  throne, Hatshepsut served as queen regent, and eventually, against custom,  declared herself pharaoh. She dressed in male clothing and used propaganda to  legitimize her rule. Her legacy was largely erased by her successor, Thutmose  III.

Tutankhamun’s chair. Source: Alfredo / Adobe Stock.

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The upper third of the original Karnak obelisk, one of several obelisks dedicated to Queen Hatshepsut of 14th-century BC Egypt, which was recently re-erected in Luxor near the Karnak Temple where it was toppled by an ancient earthquake or intentionally destroyed. Source: The National News

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Small female figurines left as votive offerings to the goddess Hathor. Source: M. Jawornicki / PAP

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Anastasiia Stupko-Lubczynska documenting reliefs in the Chapel of Hatshepsut. Source: Agnieszka Makowska / Antiquity Publications Ltd

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Pharaoh Hatshepsut

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Entrance to the Luxor Temple at sunset showing the obelisk and statues of pharaohs

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A photo of the Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan

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An artist’s representation of Giovanni Battista Belzoni’s expedition. Belzoni is one of many researchers who entered the tomb KV20.

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TT 353 of Sen-en-Mut (Senenmut’s tomb).

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