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Hatshepsut Hatshepsut temple of Hatshepsut Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut Hatshepsut Temples of Mentuhotep II (left) and Queen Hatshepsut (right) at Dayr al-Baḥrī in Thebes, Egypt. obelisks of Hatshepsut and Thutmose Punt: Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt Hatshepsut's Temple The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut stands against rocky desert cliffs in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, Egypt, with terraces, colonnades, and wide ramps visible.
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Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)
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Hatshepsut, limestone sculpture, c. 1485 bc; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.
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A thorough biography of Hatshepsut is Suzanne Ratie, La Reine Hatchepsout: sources et problèmes (1979). A detailed history of Hatshepsut’s reign is Joyce Tyldesley, Hatchepsut: The Female Pharaoh (1996). The royal art and statuary of her reign are examined in C.H. Roehrig, R. Dreyfus, and C.A. Keller, Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh (2005). Her life is also outlined in Joyce Tyldesley, Chronicle of the Queens of Egypt (2006).

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Article History

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Invalidated site: Brooklyn Museum - Hatshepsut. Aug 25, 2026
Add new Web site: Egypt Exploration Society - Hatshepsut and Nefertiti: Two Women Who Changed Egypt. Jul 18, 2026
Add new Web site: Ancient Egypt Online - Hatshepsut. Jun 06, 2026
Updated section on statuary and added section heading. Mar 26, 2026
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Hatshepsut—facts and information. Nov 08, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - You're Dead To Me - Hatshepsut. Apr 15, 2025
Questions and answers added. Feb 11, 2025
Add new Web site: Tech Democracy - Hatshepsut: How a Woman took the Throne (PDF). Sep 14, 2024
Add new Web site: Bridgewater State University - Virtual Commons - Hatshepsut: A Female King of Egypt and her Architecture. May 28, 2024
Added cross-references. Apr 22, 2024
Corrected display issue. Mar 26, 2024
Changed reign dates to include coregency. Mar 20, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 12, 2024
Add new Web site: Ancient Egypt Online - Hatshepsut. Nov 09, 2023
Add new Web site: Brooklyn Museum - Hatshepsut. Aug 29, 2023
Add new Web site: Chemistry LibreTexts - Hatshepsut. Jun 23, 2023
Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - Hatshepsut: The Queen Who became Pharaoh. Nov 22, 2022
Deleted video. Apr 01, 2020
Add new Web site: Ancient Egyptians - Hatshepsut. Mar 14, 2019
Media added. Mar 14, 2018
Add new Web site: LiveScience - Hatshepsut: Powerful Female Pharaoh. Jul 08, 2016
Added photograph. Jun 19, 2015
Added video. Feb 11, 2015
Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Hatshepsut. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: Tour Egypt - Biography of Hatshepsut. Feb 28, 2014
Add new Web site: Social Studies For Kids - Biography of Hatshepsut. Feb 28, 2014
Image of a cartouche referring to Hatshepsut added. Jan 31, 2014
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Egypt's Golden Empire - Biography of Hatshepsut. Jan 08, 2014
Added new Web site: Discoveringegypt.com - Biography of Hatshepsut. Apr 21, 2009
Bibliography revised. Jun 12, 2007
Article thoroughly revised. Jun 12, 2007
Media added. Feb 09, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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