The powerful women of history ... How did Hatshepsut defeat the male domination and rule Egypt?

Ancient-Origins shed light on powerful women in world history, on the occasion of the celebration of women in the month of March. Among the celebrated figures was the Egyptian "Hatshepsut".

The site says that Hatshepsut was the daughter of the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose I from about 1508 BC, but her assumption of power had a story, and her assumption of power was not easy, as Hatshepsut married her half-brother Thutmose II, and became his main wife and queen, and gave birth to her daughter. Neferi "and Tuthmosis the second gave birth to a son, Tuthmosis the third, but Hatshepsut was not his mother, and Tuthmosis the second died at the age of 27, and Hatshepsut became the guardian of her husband's son, Thutmose III.

And because the ancient laws dictated that the role of the king could not be played by a woman, although the most powerful Egyptian goddess was Isis, she also found other gods such as Hathor and Maat, but the male community did not accept being ruled by a woman.

To gain legitimacy in the eyes of her subjects, and perhaps reach a compromise with her entourage, Hatshepsut changed her name, which means "the best noble ladies", to the male version of Hatshepsut, and was portrayed as wearing men's clothing and even wearing a false beard for males traditionally, with regard to statues, It was known that statues of men were painted with a red dye, and statues of women a lighter yellow pigment, but interestingly, statues of Hatshepsut were dyed with a unique orange complexion, which is a fusion of the two colors.

Hatshepsut was a very effective and successful ruler for 21 years, and her main achievement was to re-establish trade routes that were disrupted during the occupation of the Hyksos of Egypt and during the Second Intermediate Period (1650-1550 BC), between the end of the Middle Kingdom and the beginning of the modern state, trade flourished with the land of Punt. .

Hatshepsut died around 1458 BC at the age of forty, and her husband's son, Thutmose III, tried to eliminate all evidence of her judgment, and her amazing existence and judgment were not revealed until 1822 AD.