Hatshepsut facts

Today I am going to write about Hatshepsut, an amazing Egyptian pharaoh who broke the rules that say only a man can become pharaoh.



When was she born?

Hatshepsut was born in 1508 BC.

Who was she?

Hatshepsut was the first ever female pharaoh to rule Egypt. Yes there was another female pharaoh before Cleopatra!

How did she become pharaoh of Egypt?

When Hatshepsut's father, Thutmose I, died she married her half brother, Thutmose II, at the age of twelve and became queen. Suddenly when Hatshepsut's half brother/husband died the heir to the throne wasn't left to Hatshepsut but to her young nephew, Thutmose III, yes another Thutmose! Hatshepsut didn't think that the throne should be left to her nephew and decided to co-rule with him. Through time Hatshepsut put her name on all the statues as well as her nephews but smaller but after a while her name was the same size then suddenly her nephews name wasn't there at all and she ruled on her own as pharaoh.

Why was she such a good pharaoh?

Hatshepsut was such a good pharaoh because she didn't go to war with people but negotiated trade with them and made Egypt such a luxurious and rich country while living in peace with other country's. One of the other reasons she was such a good pharaoh was the architecture, she built some of the most amazing temples and buildings in Egypt!

Why did she die?

Recent explanations show that Hatshepsut died at age fifty after 22 years of ruling Egypt at some point in 1458 BC due to bone cancer and diabetes.

Why isn't she very well known?

The reason Hatshepsut isn't very well known is because 20 years after she died somebody tried to erase her from history and smashed down most of her statues. People believe that the person who did this was her nephew Thutmose III. Another reason she isn't very well known is because somebody
(possibly Thutmose III) removed her mummy from her tomb and hid it, it has lately been found and the cool bit is how they identified it, it was thought that it was her maid Sitre but they found out it was her because they identified a gap in the mummy's jaw that matched a molar that they found in her possessions.