By: Medea
Hatshepsut Ma'at-ka-Ra was the first female Pharaoh of Kemet and did a lot in her life. Her life is still being debated about today. Nobody knows for sure if she really did everything we believe she did.
She was born 1508 B.C. She was not interested in war and cared about the economy and peace. She had many buildings built in her order and in her honor. Hatshepsut means Foremost of Noble Women. Her middle name, Ma'at-ka-Ra means Truth/Order/Balance. She eventually dropped the "t" from her name making it His Majesty, Hatshepsu. She is portrayed as a man in many of her statues, so she was not seen as just a female Pharaoh but as an equal to the other male Pharaohs. She sometimes wears the female regalia.
Now let's talk about her reign. It lasted over twenty years. She also launched a successful voyage to a land called Punt and they brought back gold, ivory, myrrh, and trees.
When she was Pharaoh, there were many buildings that she had built such as the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, also called "Djeser-djeseru" which means, holy of holies. There were five obelisks that she ordered be built and three were built for her eighteenth year as Pharaoh. One of them cracked during construction. It would have been forty-two meters high and weigh nearly 1,100 tons. It would have been the biggest obelisks in Kemet.
She spread rumors that she was her father's successor and he wanted her to become queen before he died. She also said that her father was a god and she was the daughter of a god. She had a child named Nefure who also did a lot in her life. H husband died when she was thirty. She died in 1458 B.C. Her mummified body showed signs of arthritis, cancer, and gum disease.
Hatshepsut was important to history because she discovered many lands and created many monuments. She was also the very first female Pharaoh and it took a very long time for her to go from queen to queen regent and then finally Pharaoh. It was also a very prosperous time when she was ruling Egypt's land. She proved that you can become anything you want to become if you put your mind to it. There is still some question if she even did and of the things that were mentioned in this report about her. We may never know.
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