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Hatshepsut
- Reign
- 1479–1458 (1479/73–1458/57) BC
- Throne name
- Maat-ka-Re
- Dynasty
- 18th Dynasty
- Period
- New Kingdom, c. 1550–1070 BC
- Capital at the time
- Thebes, Memphis, at times Akhetaten (Amarna) and Pi-Ramesses
Hatshepsut is listed in the king list under ‘18th Dynasty’ and so belongs to this period: New Kingdom (c. 1550–1070 BC). Reign: 1479–1458 (1479/73–1458/57) BC. The figures in brackets give the alternative dating by the Egyptologist Jürgen von Beckerath. The throne name is Maat-ka-Re.
Hatshepsut in portrait
One of the few women on the throne of Egypt — she ruled first as regent, then as pharaoh with full titles.
Under her throne name Maatkare, Hatshepsut ascended the Horus throne after first ruling on behalf of her under-age stepson and nephew Thutmose III. Her reign was largely peaceful and focused on the economy: she sent a famous trading expedition to the land of Punt and erected obelisks around 30 metres tall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak.
What is known about Hatshepsut
Queen Hatshepsut at first ruled on behalf of Thutmose III, who was still a minor, but then made herself sole ruler. Reliefs in her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari record an expedition to Punt.
From the German Wikipedia list of pharaohs, CC BY-SA 4.0, translated and edited.
During this reign
- c. 1470 BCHatshepsut reigns as pharaoh: terraced temple at Deir el-Bahari and trading expedition to Punt.
Other events of the period
- c. 1500 BCFrom Thutmose I onwards, the kings are buried in the Valley of the Kings near Thebes.
- 1457 BCThutmose III is victorious at Megiddo; Egypt controls large parts of the Levant.
More about this period: New Kingdom
18th Dynasty: all rulers
- Ahmose I
- Amenhotep I
- Thutmose I
- Thutmose II
- Hatshepsut
- Thutmose III
- Amenhotep II
- Thutmose IV
- Amenhotep III
- Akhenaten
- Neferneferuaten
- Smenkhkare
- Tutankhamun
- Ay II
- Horemheb (Haremhab)
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