Pharaoh

Pharaoh in Ancient Egypt

• The role of the pharaoh was critical to the success of this civilisation.
• Consider how true is this statement.
• Pharaoh's Role - April 11, 2011 (Embed)
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Hatshepsut - female pharaoh

• Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.”
• Her rule was relatively peaceful and she was able to launch a building program that would see the construction of a great temple at Deir el-Bahari at Luxor. She also launched a successful sea voyage to the land of Punt, a place located somewhere on the northeast coast of Africa, where they traded with the inhabitants, bringing back “marvels.”
• Despite the apparent success of her reign, and a burial in the Valley of the Kings, her monuments would be defaced after her death, apparently by her co-ruler and step-son/nephew Thutmose III.
• The fact that a woman became pharaoh of Egypt was very unusual. “In the history of Egypt during the dynastic period (3000 to 332 B.C.) there were only two or three women who managed to rule as pharaohs, rather than wielding power as the ‘great wife’ of a male king,” writes Egyptologist Ian Shaw in his book "Exploring Ancient Egypt" (Oxford University Press, 2003). from https://www.livescience.com/62614-hatshepsut.html

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• Hatshepsut - did she fulfill her role as pharaoh?
• A Good Pharaoh

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