Hatshepsut and the Women of Egypt

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Hatshepsut and the Women of Egypt
By Aseel Abu-Dayya, Addison Freebairn, and
Anahita Nakhjiri
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Hatshepsut

• These are various pictures of Hatshepsut
  Maatkare.

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The Family Tree
-Marrying siblings was common in ancient Egypt-
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The Royal Family
Thutmose III
Thutmose I
Senenmut holding Neferura, Hatshepsuts daughter.
This is one of the few items including Neferura,
because she died at a young age.
Queen Ahmose ?
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The Expedition to Punt
all goodly fragrant woods of God's-Land, heaps
of myrrh resin, with fresh myrrh trees, with
ebony and pure ivory, with green gold of Emu,
with cinnamon wood, khesyt wood, with two kinds
of incense, eye-cosmetics, with apes, monkeys,
dogs, and with skins of the southern panther,
with natives and their children. Never was
brought the like of this for any king who has
been since the beginning.
Boats on the trip
Soldiers on the journey. This picture was
depicted on the walls of the Deir el-Bahri temple.
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The Deir el-Bahri Temple
Various pictures of the Deir el-Bahri temple.
Statues of Hatshepsut lined up in the temple
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Her Obelisk in Karnak
Various pictures of the same obelisk.
Hieroglyphs on the obelisk.
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The Women of Egypt, and their Role in Society
Cont.
Depictions of normal Egyptian women ?
Depiction of scary Egyptian woman ?
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Woman of Egypt Cont.
more depictions of women.
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Hatshepsuts Death
Hatshepsuts mummy
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Bibliography

• BBC Wooden carving of Queen Try
• www.bbc.co.uk/.../egyptians/ women_04.shtml
• Seawright, Caroline. Hatshepsut, Female Pharaoh
  of Egypt. http//www.touregypt.net/historicalessa
  ys/hatshepsut.htm, May 20, 04.
• Arab, Sameh. The Queens Of Egypt Hatshepsut.
  http//www.touregypt.net/magazine/mag02012001/magf
  1.htm, May 19, 04.