Hatshepsut was born around 1,507 BCE in Thebes. The fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and the wife of Thutmose II. After his death she acted as regent for her young stepson, Thutmose III, and then took the title of pharaoh, ruling for over two decades, one of the most successful female rulers of Egypt. Her reign was a time of peace and prosperity, with trade expeditions, notably to the land of Punt, and building projects, among them her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari. After her death many of her monuments were defaced, probably during the reign of Thutmose III. Her mummy was identified in 2007.
Before and after
- from c. 1,580 BCE to 1,550 BCESeventeenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,550 BCE to 1,292 BCEEighteenth Dynasty of Egypt
- from c. 1,550 BCE to 1,070 BCEEgyptian Empire
- from c. 1,531 BCE to 1,155 BCEKassites
- c. 1,507 BCEBirth of Hatshepsut
- from 16th century BCE to 5th century BCEVedic period
- 16th century BCEVedas
- from 16th century BCE to 3rd century BCEMumun pottery period
- from 16th century BCE to 1st century BCENok culture
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