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where we look at the great men and women who paved the way for us today
in today's video we'll be looking at the Life and Legacy of Hatshepsut the most important woman in
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Hatshepsut was born around 1508 BCE in the city of Thebes which was a capital city of Egypt at
that time a father was that most the first the first king of the 18th Dynasty and her mother
was achmose a noble woman her father ruled mainly from the city of Thebes which is now in the modern
city of lajja on the River Nile unfortunately he passed away was not the earliest champ in
fact she had two other brothers but unfortunately they died in their youth this meant that Tasha's
boots had to rise up to the title of Queen as the eldest daughter of the Pharaoh hashes
put would have been expected to marry the next Pharaoh a tradition which is aimed to keeping
the Royal bloodline pure and So at around the age of 12 she married her half-brother Atmos
II as that most was younger then her she took over the Reign of Power until he became of age
at that time of Haring Egypt was very male dominated and this did not make it
easy for her she had to fight very hard for her to be seen as a legitimate ruler of Egypt
actually at that time according to Egyptian customs the ruling Pharaoh was not only considered
a ruler but a Divine being to emphasize her Divinity and demand acceptance from
her subjects she came up with a brilliant plan of claiming her mother was visited by the deity
amandra who called upon however she was pregnant with hash's Foods this would seem to indicate
that the queen was divine because of the Holy visit and Monroe was a sun god and is believed
that not only did he create himself he created the entire universe and a message from him was
surely Divine to further legitimize her Authority she stopped writing traditional female clothing
and only wore traditional garments made from male pharaohs actually this artwork that depicts her
wearing a fake beard similar to the ones won by previous pharaohs sitting on the throne of Egypt
when hayana brother and husband came to age she appointed him the leader of her armies he became
a brilliant military leader and was considered one of the best military leaders of Egypt but that was
not enough for him as he wanted to succeed the throne as pharaoh the majority of the information
we now know about Tasha Sports life came to light through the hieroglyphics and artwork found on
the walls of a temple at der El bahri the temple is located on the West Bank of the Nile opposite
the city of laksha not only does it hold the accomplishments of the queen it's also a great
Testament to harul as although construction of the shrine began during the reign of her father it was
hard who actually completed it it took 15 years to complete shelter built many other temples and
statues throughout the country including a massive oval seek at the Temple of Karnak if you do not
know what that is it's a tall narrow Monument with four sides that taper into a pyramid at the top
she also constructed the chapel Rouge or red Chapel which once stood between the two large
Obel six at Karnak the chapel was later destroyed as part of efforts to erase her from the Egyptian
history once it was rediscovered the chapel was reconstructed and stands once again at Karnak
she was known for her military campaigns and she led several Expeditions into neighboring
Novia now known as Sudan and she sent ships to the land of puntland now known as modern-day
Somalia which was a source of precious good such as incense Mar and exotic animals
evidence also indicates that she managed to bring back numerous precious and rare
articles which enhanced the wealth of the Egyptian Nation
's put was the second historically confirmed woman to rule over Egypt with the full titles
and power over pharaoh and she ruled for over two decades from 1478 BC to 1458 BCE hashes
put was a remarkable Queen but her Reign was not without controversy the exact cause of harsher
Sports death is not known with certainty her mommy was only positively identified in 2007
the body was identified in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo by matching a tooth with an anti-tooth
socket of the mummy's car later a DNA test showed a relationship between hash's boots
Mommy and that of Amos neferteri her grandmother after a lot of testing of her mummified remains
researchers determined that she was in her 50s when she died and it also shows that she
was suffering from diabetes and bone cancer which may have been the cause of her death
other theories believe that her brother may have killed her as she died shortly after his return
from a military campaign her brother may have been trying to erase any evidence of her role
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