🪷 27 July #Hatshepsut's birthday. Those eyes! Unmistakably Ma'at-Ka-Ra #Hatchepsut. Other pharaohs sent armies, but she sent a trade expedition to Punt to bring back animals & incense trees. Averted chaos, boosted trade, raised stepson to be Egypt's greatest military ruler. 🪷

The Battle of Megiddo (c. https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1102/thutmose-iiis-battle-of-megiddo-inscription/ #History #EgyptianWarfare #Hatshepsut #Karnak

#Egyptology This week, the annual conference 'Poles on the Nile' will take place at the Faculty of Archaeology, University of Warsaw. The conference will be held entirely in English and will be streamed on Zoom. You can hear four papers related to the work at the temple of #Hatshepsut. The full program is available at http://polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/ Free registration at http://polacynadnilem.uw.edu.pl/2023/05/25/registration-form/?fbclid=IwAR2IwXgdkMhC3zjClffpxrcm_f9lzfYOEkPn-oiKoj0Ij64i83DkZOQEoOo

The Land of Punt is described in ancient Egyptian texts as "the land of the gods" and a region rich in resources. In the decades after Jean-Francois Champollion first deciphered Egyptian hieroglyphics in 1822, and western scholars began reading Egyptian texts, questions arose as to where Punt was located and what it is called in the modern world.
https://www.worldhistory.org/punt/ #Egypt #Hatshepsut #Mythology #History

Temple of Hatshepsut Explained - Luxor - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfO8wOZY5sU

Quite well done, with no "new age" rubbish. Includes 3D reconstructions.

See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortuary_Temple_of_Hatshepsut

#History #Egypt #Luxor #Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut, whose name means "Foremost of Noble Women" or "First Among Noble Women" (royal name, Ma'at-ka-re, translated as "spirit of harmony and truth") was the fifth ruler of the 18th Dynasty ( ruled1479-1458 BCE). She was the daughter of Thuthmose I and Queen Ahmose and, as was common in Egyptian royal houses, married her half-brother Thuthmose II. They had a daughter together, Neferu-Ra, a...https://www.worldhistory.org/article/118/queen-hatshepsut-daughter-of-amun-pharaoh-of-egypt/ #EgyptianArchitecture #God'sWifeofAmun #Hatshepsut