Was hatshepsut mean to Egypt

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The conventional or orthodox interpretation of "Hatshepsut" is that it means "foremost of the noble ladies".

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However, new evidence emerging from reconstructed chronologies of ancient Egyptian history shows that Hatshepsut or Hat-Sheb(p)-Sut means "The Sign of the Sheba of the South". The Hebrew source for the queen who visited Solomon of Israel in circa 950 BC says she "sheba'd" Ophir or ruled or administered Ophir (Auphirah = Africa). So she was not the "Queen of Sheba" but the "Queen of Ophir-Africa = Egypt and Ethiopia". The Hebrew and Egyptian word for the Sign, or Prophet on a wider interpretation, is H'at. The Sut or Suten was ancient Egyptian for "The South" as in Suten-baty or "South and North".

The Temple in Deir el-Bahari that Hatshepsut built on her return from Punt evokes the words of Solomon in the Song of Solomon2:14: "Oh my dove, Thou art in the clefts of the Rock in the secret places of the stairs."

Hatshepsut's alternative throne name is Maat-Kare which became Makeda as a result of a mistransliteration into Ethiopian (Amharic?). The 'r' and 'd in both Hebrew and Phoenician are very similar to each letter in their respective alphabets and that probably explains why this mistransliteration occurred when the ancient Ethiopians knew her as Maat-kare.

Thus Hatshepsut is almost certainly the Queen Sheba who visited Solomon in circa 950 BC. That means Hatshepsut and the 18th dynasty has to be re-dated to the 10th century BC rather that the 15th where it currently resides.

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Hatshepsut meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Under Hatshepsut's reign, Egypt prospered. Unlike other rulers in her dynasty, she was more interested in ensuring economic prosperity and building and restoring monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia than in conquering new lands. She built the temple Djeser-djeseru ("holiest of holy places"), which was dedicated to Amon and served as her funerary cult, and erected a pair of red granite obelisks at the Temple of Amon at Karnak, one of which still stands today. Hatshepsut also had one notable trading expedition to the land of Punt in the ninth year of her reign. The ships returned with gold, ivory and myrrh trees, and the scene was immortalized on the walls of the temple

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She builds the Djeser-Djeseru. We know it as The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. It is located at Deir el-Bahri, The Obelisks of Hatshepsut and The Red Chapel. She lived in the Palace of Ma'at. It was rectangular structure. The capital was Thebes, Amarna, and then again Thebes. In terms of trade, Hatshepsut was not blind to the need of bolstering Egypt's economy' and indeed, the Punt expedition is but the climax of her consistent trading enterprises with Lebanon, Crete, Syria, West Africa, South Africa, Aswan and the reopening of mines in Mt. Sinai. She traded Ivory, gold, silver and other goods for eating. Hatshepsut's legacy is also extant in the enduring architectural innovations she incorporated into her building program. The design of Djeser-Djeseru is a prime example; although there exist a few doubtful precursors of the terraced template originality of the design cannot be gainsaid.' The thematic structure of the three terraces, from her role as pharaoh, to legitimization of her rule and achievements, to the worship of the deities is indisputably her own invention, as were the ramps linking them, imitating the glory of a sun's ray. Thutmose III modeled his mortuary temple on Hatshepsut's whilst Akhenaten incorporated the design of the ramps into his own buildings. Similarly, the design of Hatshepsut's tomb, with the three successive passageways leading to the burial chamber, her royal sarcophagus, her resting stations for Amun's barque were likewise replicated by her successors. Therefore, Hatshepsut's reign was characterized by a myriad of architectural innovations that became her legacy, to be admiringly integrated into the buildings of the future generations of pharaohs. Extreme prosperity and renaissance in art and building projects mark the beginning of this period. Towards the end of the 19th Dynasty the increasing power of the priesthood corrupts the central government. During the 20th Dynasty tomb robbing is done by officials. The priesthood becomes hereditary and begins to assume secular power. The government breaks down.

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Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh in ancient Egypt. She took over after her husband died, even though his son should have ruled. She dressed like a man, and even wore a fake beard.

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Hatshepsut meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Under Hatshepsut's reign, Egypt prospered.

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Egyptian Queen