WHO WAS HATSHEPSUT

Hatshepsut was one of very few female pharaohs who ruled during Egypt's 3,000 years of ancient history. She was the granddaughter of Ahmose-Nefertari and the sole surviving child of the 18th dynasty mighty warrior king Tuthmosis I and his great Royal Wife Ahmose. Her birth name Hatshepsut means "Foremost of Noble Ladies". For about 14 years she reigned together with her husband Tuthmosis II until he died around 1518 BC. She became co-regent with boy king Tuthmosis III, but held ambitions to actually rule as king in her own right and so courted the support of powerful men of the court to realise this goal. She took the title of "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maat-ka-re" - Truth is the soul of Re. Hatshepsut recorded that at her coronation she was instructed by the god: "You shall seize the chiefs of Retenu by violence, those left over from your father's reign ; your catch shall be men by the thousands for the temples".
Wazza, Andy and Lenka
January 25th 2009