Hatshepsut

American  

[hat-shep-soot] / hætˈʃɛp sut /

Also Hatshepset

noun

1. 1495–75 b.c., queen of Egypt.

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Hatshepsut British  

/ hætˈʃɛpsuːt /

noun

1. queen of Egypt of the l8th dynasty (?1512–1482 _bc ). She built a great mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri near Thebes

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Example Sentences

Highlights include the larger-than-life granite kneeling statue of Queen Hatshepsut from her terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri and a mummified crocodile that measures over eight feet long.

From The Wall Street Journal

Archaeologists who found the tomb are convinced that it belonged to Thutmose II because inscribed alabaster fragments revealed that his wife and half-sister, Hatshepsut—who became the most powerful female pharaoh in Egyptian history after his death—built the burial chamber in his honor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Thutmose II is best known for being the husband of Queen Hatshepsut, regarded as one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and one of the few female pharaohs who ruled in her own right.

From BBC

He is best known for being the husband of Queen Hatshepsut, regarded as one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs and one of the few female pharaohs who ruled in her own right.

From BBC

Artefacts, including fragments of alabaster jars which bore the inscriptions of the names of Thutmose II and Hatshepsut, provided definitive evidence.

From BBC