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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 19, 2025

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

From Salon ● May 11, 2023

As both a woman and a regent, Hatshepsut was prudent to thus legitimate her rule.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

These acts of vandalism took place throughout Egypt, but in the distant mines of Sinai the cartouches of Hatshepsut are untouched.

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

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