Information about Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut is known as Ghanemat Amun Hatshepsut, and her name means concubine of Amun, the Dora of the Princesses or the concubine of Amun, the favorite of the ladies. And in this article we will introduce you to more.

Information about Queen Hatshepsut

The family of Queen Hatshepsut and the birth of the queen

Queen Hatshepsut was born in 1508 BC, and she is the eldest daughter of Queen Ahmose, and King Thumbs the First, and her grandfather Ahmose I, founder of the eighteenth Pharaonic family, and the owner of the great victory in liberating Egypt from the invasion of the Hyksos, and is considered the only and legitimate heir to the throne of the country, if there is no heir Bastard male.

Education of Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut studied the sciences of behavior and correct ethics, in addition to philosophy, arithmetic, reading, writing, construction rules, and language, in addition to the correct religious rituals. Someone from the royal family, princesses, and sons of ministers, and she was afraid of the teacher who taught her; Because he did not give importance to the status of his students, as he was an example of justice that should be applied to everyone without any advantages.

Queen Hatshepsut assumed power

Queen Hatshepsut used to share her father's rule, as she was his legitimate heir, knowing that he died when she was twenty years old, so she had to assume responsibility, and assumed power on her own, but the male authority, society and priests stood in her way, and tried to marry her to her half-brother Thutmose II despite Because of his poor health, and his little experience in managing the country's affairs, and thus she becomes just the king's wife.

The works of Queen Hatshepsut during her reign

It built a strong and active army in its sea voyages with the surrounding areas.

It opened many mines and quarries that were neglected before her reign, especially the copper mines in the Sinai Peninsula.

Trade became active with its neighbors, as it re-used the canal linking the Red Sea and the Nile River, cleaned it, and facilitated the Egyptian fleet's route towards the Gulf of Suez, then toward the Red Sea.

She ordered the construction of a number of buildings in the Temple of Karnak, and also built a temple of her own in Deir al-Bahri in Luxor.

She ordered the establishment of large naval ships to stimulate the movement of the Egyptian merchant fleet, and used them to transport the obelisks that were ordered to be added to the side of the Karnak Temple to glorify the god Amun.

She ordered to send an expedition to the city of Aswan to bring many huge stones to build the facilities. She also built two great granite obelisks to glorify the god Amun, then transported them across the Nile to Thebes.

Contributed to the prosperity of trade due to the import of some types of fish, by sending a large fleet to the Atlantic Ocean.

Trade missions were sent on board many ships that navigate the Red Sea, loaded with gifts and goods such as papyrus and flax seeds, to Punt (Somalia) and southern Yemen, where the king received the mission well and returned it loaded with copious quantities of wood and incense , Predators, gems, ivory, and skins.

The death of Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut died after assuming the 22-year rule of the country on the fourteenth of the month of January 1457 BC, and died as a result of diabetes, or cancer, knowing that her tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings next to the grave of her father, and is symbolized by the number KV20.

Written by Majida Al Kamil

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