Hatshepsut

American

[hat-shep-soot] / hætˈʃɛp sut /

Also Hatshepset

noun

1495–75 b.c., queen of Egypt.

Hatshepsut British

/ hætˈʃɛpsuːt /

noun

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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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 • Nov. 5, 2025

Meanwhile Hatshepsut, one of Egypt's historical female leaders, is now playable.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2024

One can say the same of other Egyptian queens who came before Cleopatra, including Hatshepsut and Nefertiti.

From Salon • May 11, 2023

They include the conqueror Amenhotep I, the indomitable Queen Hatshepsut, “the magnificent” Amenhotep III, the transformative Akhenaten, and the highly celebrated Ramesses II, also known as Ramesses the Great.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Towards the end of his reign, Queen Hatshepsut. his elder sons being dead, Tethmosis associated Hatshepsut, his daughter by Ahmosi, with himself upon the throne.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

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