PHARAOH.SE
The fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty
Prenomen: Maatkara
Also known as: Hatchepsut
Accession 1473 BC
End of reign 1458 BC
Duration 15 years
Highest attested year Year 20
When Thutmose II died Thutmose III was too young to rule, queen Hatshepsut became his regent, and ultimately her rise in power was complete when she became pharaoh. She never denied kingship to young Thutmose III, they rather seem to have been on very friendly terms. She was only the second queen to have ruled Egypt with certainty – the first in some 300 years. Josephus mentions that Amessis was a woman, but Manetho via Africanus fail to mention that Amensis was female, and Eusebius omitted this pharaoh entirely.
For unknown reasons, Hatshepsut was erased from official monuments twenty years after her death, during the later part of Tuthmose III's reign. Strangely enough, only the more visible and accessible images of her were erased or defaced. She was not included in the Ramesside king lists of Seti I and Ramesses II.
For unknown reasons, Hatshepsut was erased from official monuments twenty years after her death, during the later part of Tuthmose III's reign. Strangely enough, only the more visible and accessible images of her were erased or defaced. She was not included in the Ramesside king lists of Seti I and Ramesses II.
Titulary & Hieroglyphs
Sources of antiquity
| Author | Greek | Transcription | Reign |
|---|---|---|---|
| Africanus xviii, 4 | Αμενσις | Amensis | 22 years |
| Josephus 95 | Aμεσσης | Amesses ♀ | 21 years, 9 months |
References
- Gauthier, H. Le livre des rois d'Égypte. MIFAO 18 (1912): pp. 236–252
- Beckerath, J., 1999. “Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen”, 2 ed., MÄS 49 (1999): pp. 134–135
- Leprohon, R. J., 2013. The Great Name: Ancient Egyptian Royal Titulary. pp. 98
- Baker. D. D., 2008. The Encyclopedia of the Pharaohs: Volume I. pp. 104–110