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The Life of Hatshepsut
A long running search for her mummy had gripped the world of archaeology and Egyptology for decades. Theories regarding the possible identity of her mummy were abundant.
Finally, in June 2007, a mummy from Tomb KV60 was publicly identified by Zahi Hawass, the Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, as the royal remains of Queen Hatshepsut. Scientific and medical technologies were used to test the mummy. CT scans suggest she was about fifty years old when she died from a ruptured abscess after removal of a tooth. Although this was the cause, it is quite possible she would not have lived much longer; there are signs in her mummy of metastatic bone cancer, as well as possible liver cancer and diabetes.
Please enjoy exploring a bit more about the life and times of this remarkable historical figure.
Who Was Hatshepsut?
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Category: Image - :HatshepsutStatuette MuseumOfFineArtsBoston.png|thumb|Fragmentary statue of Hatshepsut, quartz diorite, c. 1498-1483 BC - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Hatshepsut (or Hatchepsut, ), meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies,Clayton, Peter. Chronicle of the Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1994. p.104 (1508 BC - 1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.
Although poor records of her reign are documented in diverse ancient sources, Hatshepsut was described by early modern scholars as only having served as a co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 B.C., during years seven to twenty-one of the reign previously identified as that of Thutmose III.Dodson, Aidan. Dyan, Hilton. The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt Thames & Hudson, 2004. ISBN 0-500-05128-3. p.130 Today it is generally recognized that Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and the length of her reign usually is given as twenty-two years, since she was assigned a reign of twenty-one years and nine months by the third-century B.C. historian, Manetho, who had access to many records that now are lost. Her death is known to have occurred in 1458 B.C., which implies that she became pharaoh circa 1479 B.C.
In Search of Hatshepsut
The Hatshepsut Mummy
Learn More About this Imposing Figure
World History Biographies: Hatshepsut: The Princess Who Became King (National Geographic World History Biographies)
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Links to Learn More about Hatshepsut
- The Story of Hatshepsut
- Born in the 15th century BC, Hatshepsut, daughter of Tuthmose I
and Aahmes, both of royal lineage, was the favorite of their three
children. When her two brothers died, she was in the unique position
to gain the throne upon the death of her father. - Hatshepsut
- The Wikipedia article about Queen Hatshepsut.
- Hatshepsut's Temple
- Hatshepsut's Temple by Senenmut architect, at Deir el-Bahri, Egypt, -1550, in the Great Buildings Online.
- Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut's Temple
- from Wikipedia
- Temple of Hatshepsut photo gallery
- Great photos of Hatshepsut's Temple.
- Article on Identifying Hatshepsut's Mummy
- Archaeologists today identified the long-lost mummy of Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's most famous female pharaoh.
- Tomb KV60
- Burial site of Hatshepsut...an article from Wikipedia
Intro to Ancient Egypt
The Egyptology Handbook: A Course in the Wonders of Egypt (Ologies)
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The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt (Landmark Books)
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Egyptology
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The Search For Ancient Egypt
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Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline
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Books About Other Female Pharaohs
Nefertiti: Unlocking the Mystery Surrounding Egypt's Most Famous and Beautiful Queen
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Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt
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Cleopatra (Life & Times)
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- Kate-Phizackerley Kate-Phizackerley Feb 28, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
- I don't suppose that I could persude you to submit this lens please to my new Ancient Egypt group at http://www.squidoo.com/groups/ancientegypt? I'm trying to make it easier for readers and lensmasters to find the best material on Ancient Egypt on Squidoo.
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- deb_mc deb_mc Oct 23, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
- Nice to hear about this pharoah. I knew of her, but not some of the details that you have listed. Good job thank you.
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- Kate-Phizackerley Kate-Phizackerley Oct 6, 2008 @ 6:03 pm
- Having added my blog on KV64, I've started looking round for what else there is on Ancient Egypt and yours in one of the best I've found so far. I'll try to add an other ancient egypt section on mine and try to add a link to it - I'm new so not yet quite sure how but I'll find out.
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- WhippetTalk WhippetTalk Sep 23, 2008 @ 3:05 pm
- I recently watched a program on the History International Channel about Hatshepsut. It was facinating. I love watching and learning about Egyptology. Great lens! 5*s
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- TeaLady TeaLady Sep 22, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
- I hadn't heard about finding her mummy! I'm lensrolling this lens to my lens about King Tut, The Boy King
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