Mummies Tales .. Hatshepsut violated Egyptian traditions and declared herself a queen

egypt Sun, Mar. 28, 2021
The world awaits the moment the kings of Egypt leave the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir, in a majestic procession, heading to their permanent residence in the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, through a huge procession of 22 mummies of the ancient kings of Egypt, in a manner consistent with the greatness and nobility of the ancient Egyptian civilization, and highlights the efforts of The current state to develop and modernize Cairo and other ancient cities, and among those kings is Queen Hatshepsut.



Queen Hatshepsut, his son, King Tuthmosis the First and Queen Ahmose, and is considered one of the most famous figures in the history of ancient Egypt. She married Hatshepsut from her half-brother Tuthmosis the Second, who came to the throne after the death of their father, King Tuthmosis the First, so Hatshepsut became the regent on the throne of Egypt.

Traditions in ancient Egypt prevented women from becoming king of the country, but Hatshepsut confirmed that as the daughter of another king and wife, she was of pure royal blood. She did not declare herself king despite being a woman, and Hatshepsut was the de facto ruler of the country, and she ruled for several years on behalf of her husband's son Thutmose III, who was young when he ascended the throne.

Hatshepsut was known to be the owner of a great achievement in construction projects, and the trade movement launched it back to the country of Punt in order to import ivory, resins, ebony wood, spices and other valuable commodities. The mummy of Queen Hatshepsut was found in 1903 in the tomb of (KV 60), in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor.