Hatshepsut: The Temple of Egypt's Female Pharaoh
Dan Snow's History Hit
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Hatshepsut, the Queen of Egypt
Hatshepsut ruled Egypt 18 years on the throne of Egypt. How unusual was it for Egypt to have a female Pharaoh? We had some of them, but nobody liked Hatshepsut. Did she deliberately try and project that masculine image? Nobody think that woman can be the king of Egypt. So she bought herself in a masculine image. She dressed as a man. She bought the full spirit. And there's amazing images on the walls, still with the paint, because it's so preserved in dry desert heat.
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