Hatshepsut Accomplishments

In ancient Egypt, a woman’s status was higher than in any other ancient civilization but the idea of a woman king or pharaoh was unthinkable. A woman, however, became pharaoh. Her name was Hatshepsut and she would come to be the most the great woman in recorded in history. Hatshepsut meant “foremost of noble women.” From infancy, anyone that knew her or saw after her knew that she held authority. Her reign during the 18th dynasty was one of peace and prosperity and she was one of the greatest builders in one of the greatest Egyptian dynasties.

Hatshepsut was the daughter of King Thutmose and Queen Ahmose. Her father was known for his accomplishments during war, while little is known about her mother. “The kings of Hatshepsut’s line married

Hatshepsut was also very religious. She worshipped all of the gods, especially Amon, who she dedicated most of her work and prosperity to. At first Hatshepsut didn’t never hid her sex. She seemed to always try to combine the images of king and queen. In a granite statue, Hatshepsut is seen unmistakably with the body of woman but the striped nemes headdress and uraeus cobra. In a temple relief, Hatshepsut is seen wearing an ankle length gown and the striking pose of a

Hatshepsut had millions temples renovated and built from Sinai to Nubia. Her projects were among the most ambitious. Among these were the 4 great obelisks built in the temple of the great god Amon at Karnak that can still be seen today.Two of the obelisks she built at the beginning of her reign were 100 foot tall and weighed around 450 tons each. At the end of her reign Hatshepsut built 2 more obelisks, in one of the obelisks she wrote, “Now my heart turns this way and that, as I think what the people will say. Those who shall see my monuments in years to come, and who shall speak of what I have done.” She also had hundreds of statues of herself as well as stones that told the story of her linage, titles, and