Queen Hatshepsut Cathy Villa Professor Volpe HUM100 Keiser University Queen Hatshepsut Queen Hatshepsut was known as the first woman to be declared king by the priests of Amun. It is a mystery as to why after her death her remains still seem to conclusively not found. Queen Hatshepsut was indeed a woman; however her sculptures depict a different look as she was disguised as a man always wearing a false beard which was the traditional symbol of the king’s power and majesty. The reason Hatshepsut became Queen was because she married her half brother Thutmose II. When her husband died his son Thutmose III became next to the throne but because he was a baby Hatshepsut became co-ruler of Egypt.
The Theory of Queen Hatshepsut Casscilla Cosby Professor Dodson HUMM100 May 5, 2013 Hatshepsut was born around 1502 BC to Thutmose I and Ahmose who were royalty and Thutmose I was Pharaoh at birth. Sadly enough her only two sibling were killed in an accident, which put her in a position to take charge of the kingdom after her father died. This put her in a most unusual situation because very few women had ever become pharaohs. However, Hatshepsut was highly favored by her parents more than her brothers, she was beautiful and had a much needed charismatic personality (Sayre, 2011). Thus, aside from her being a female, she had the strong makings needed to become a powerful queen.
The story itself takes place mainly in 1081 A.D. The main character in the story is Anna Comnena, and she is the heir to the Byzantine Empire. When she was a baby, her parents had decided she would take the throne. All her life, she has been training and studying for being empress of this vast country. When her baby brother is born, it doesn’t upset her, and she is still the heir to the throne.
As a ruler, Hatshepsut 's control was very helpful and had a peaceful kingdom in early years. Her kingdom witnessed much of economic success, magnificent art works and many building projects. The kings and queens of 17th and early 18th centuries played significant role in terms of religious and political aspect of Egyptian society. Many pharaoh such as Akhenaten made major changes in art and culture of Egypt. Many queens were closely related to the religious groups bad the masses.
The coronation reliefs in the upper register are a natural continuation of the birth scenes. They give details of the revelation of young Hatehsepsut’s royal status leading to her coronation as king. Hatshepsut emphasies her political right to the throne by depicting her father, Thutmose I, choosing her as his heir to the throne when she was just a child. Thus Hatshepsut stresses this to claim that she was the physical daughter of a god/chosen by amun and from the beginning was designated as king, chosen by king Thutmose I as his legitimate successor thus could have contributed to her ascension of the throne. Although there has been interpretations of historians to disagreeing to this “Of course, the story is a self-justification written years after her father’s death and may well bare little or no relation to the truth” (Bentley) whereas Callender argued that the coronation scenes may have occurred before Thutmose II was born.
Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor tells the story of two character’s families—Juan and Lupe—who have many parallels. Juan Villaseñor and Lupe Gomez have led analogous lives since their births, despite being separated by time and location, with only a few subtle discrepancies to differentiate them. Both Juan and Lupe were the babies of their families, yet they had to grow up fast and had great responsibilities. Although he was young, Juan was wise beyond his years. As stated in book two, “Her [Doña Margarita’s] youngest child was only eleven years old, but he’d been fighting and twisting between the lines of the war for so many years that he was very experienced at the art of holding onto life and not dropping down death’s dark canyon.” (p. 119) Here, we see that even his mother notices that he was forced to grow up faster, in comparison to the average child.
The Museum was one of the seven wonders of the old world. The Museum allowed for the advancement of scholars and education for all people of Egypt. Ptolemy II, also known as Ptolemy Philadephus was one of the younger sons of Ptolemy I, and was perhaps the most important Egyptian ruler. He made great strides throughout his reign in Egypt. He established the Ptolemaic Egypt as a dominant maritime power in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Queen Hatshepsut achieved extraordinary power for a woman in Ancient Egypt, ultimately gaining the title Pharaoh in the eighteenth dynasty. In the twenty two year span of her reign, she lengthened trade and built extensively throughout Upper and Lower Egypt. Not only did Hatshepsut serve as the Queen of Egypt, but she ruled as a King. She reigned as a man, her statues show her as a man, complete with a traditional false beard that men wore. It is believed she was overthrown and was succeeded by Tuthmose III.
Although many Egyptologists have claimed that her foreign policy was mainly peaceful, there is evidence that Hatshepsut led successful military campaigns in Nubia, the Levant, and Syria early in her career. Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builders in ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects
Amun-re was the most highly lauded God in Egypt during the 18th dynasty, due to the Hyksos’ removal being attributed to Amun. Amun was the Patron of Thebes, the city of origin to the founders of the 18th dynasty and deity of the state cult. Consequently, all stories and accounts of divine birth had to be associated with Amun. This claim of Divine Birth was