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Introduction- The Pharaoh- The Real Queen Hatshepsut- Her Love Life- Her Death- Credits- imagine this...
You're living back in ancient times, actually dynasty 18 of Ancient Egypt to be precise. You are (Markare) Hatshepsut, daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I. Your father has married you off to your only brother still living (and he's only a half-brother from a lesser queen. Your mother was Pharaoh's main queen.), and two days after you have married the despicable Thutmose II, your father dies. Your wimp of a husband ascends the throne, and rules, while you have two daughters, one who died at the age of two, and one still living. Her name is Nefrure, and she is your pride and joy. The new Pharaoh, Thutmose II, has a son with another wife, who is named (you guessed it) Thutmose III. After a while your husband dies and, since his son is a child, you and Thutmose III share the throne. But it is such a nuisance having a joint ruling... so after a while, you make a decision. You shall be the Pharaoh, the only Pharaoh, not a joint one. There are some whispers among your fellow Egyptians ("She's female!" "A girl cannot be pharaoh!" "Thutmose is much more qualified!") and you object reasonably to them all ("So what if I am female?" "If a girl cannot rule, than I shall rule as a male." "Thutmose is only one-quarter royal, but I have royal blood flowing freely throughout my veins."). Eventually, you convince most people of your ability to rule, but Thutmose III cannot be persuaded. He wants his revenge. How are you to stop him?
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Queen Hatshepsut was the first ever female ruler of Egypt. Many people think that Cleopatra (who lived over 1,000 years after Queen Hatshepsut) was the first (and only) female ruler, but she wasn't. She was considered a mighty pharaoh by many, and she lived up to the expectations of the Egyptians.

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But who was Pharaoh Markare Hatshepsut? She wasn't just a pharaoh. She was a person, just like you or me. She had fun as a child teasing her irritable make-up artist, Pekey, while her brother Wadjmose loved teasing their tutor, Tutami. Hatshepsut enjoyed the company of her brothers (Wadjmose and Amenmose). They were her only friends, because being a princess didn't leave a lot of time for making and being with friends. Sadly, both brothers died at a young age (leaving Thutmose II, her sickly, wimpy half-brother as heir to the throne). Hatshepsut's only non-relative friend in her childhood was her nurse (and later, maid) Henut.

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One day, shortly after becoming Pharaoh, a man by the name of Senmut was called to visit upon Hatshepsut. He was Overseer of the Fields, and had come to report on (surprise!) the fields. Hatshepsut liked the man, and called on him later to help her with a decision, for which he recived a promotion. He and the Queen spent more and more time together, and Senmut recieved more and more promotions, until he was Lord Senmut, Master Architect (he built her tomb). He was then just about as powerful as one could be with out actually being Pharaoh.
Apparantly, he didn't know that.
One day, around year 20 of Hatshepsut reign, Hatshepsut was informed that someone had put a hidden shrine to the gods in her tomb... and in the shrine there was a name. The name was Senmut.
Queen Hatshepsut flew into a rage. How dare he think that his rights were equal to hers! He came over and tried to apoligize, but the Queen wouldn't listen. The next morning a messanger came into her room, saying that in the night Lord Senmut had been murdered. Even though Hatshepsut was angry at Senmut, she still was very sad about his death, and was left friendless and without a family (a few years before Senmut was killed her daughter Nefrure was bitten by a ratllesnake and died).

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Many people opposed having a female ruler, especially the priesthood and her stepson, Thutmose III. Thutmose tried to murder the queen on numerous occasions, but failed many atime. But one day (after twenty-two years!), he was successful. A while after Senmut died, Thutmose had the overseer of the mines, named Nekhti, visit the queen. When she was not looking, he poisoned the wine in her cup. She drank the water and, later that night died.
Thutmose III destroyed most of Hatshepsut's tomb and erased her name from everywhere it was. So how do we know anything about her?
Thutmose didn't erase everything from Egypt about Hatshepsut. The only way we can know this much about her is by using the refrences we have, and our imaginations.

Introduction- The Pharaoh- The Real Queen Hatshepsut- Her Love Life- Her Death- Credits-
-by Marissa Bohrer (with little/no help from Josh Kogan).
Josh Kogan, Marissa Bohrer

Special thanks go out to the author of the book His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut, Dorothy Sharp Carter. Thanks also go to Mrs. Kraemer and Rachel Friedman.Thank you NeferChiChi, Soup-Faerie,and the other sites I used for graphics, backgrounds, and cursors.
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