Hatshepsut

[ hat-shep-soot ]

noun

1. 1495–75 b.c., queen of Egypt.

Hatshepsut

/ hætˈʃɛpsuːt /

noun

1. Hatshepsut?1512 bc1482 bcFEgyptianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler queen of Egypt of the l8th dynasty (?1512–1482 bc ). She built a great mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri near Thebes

Example Sentences

Michelle met with arts luminaries in the gallery in the Egyptian wing named for Hatshepsut, the woman who ruled as pharaoh.

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But these two great obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut were 98½ feet high, and weighed about 350 tons apiece.

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Queen Hatshepsut has left other memorials of her greatness besides the temple with its story of her voyage.

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It was always Hatshepsut's desire to be represented as a man, and so both the children are boys.

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Even Queen Hatshepsut assumed one when she wished to appear regal.

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In the valley of the Nile there was erected a temple to Queen Hatshepsut.

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