The source emphasizes certain details about the birth of Hatshepsut since she is chosen by Amun and a promise is made to all gods that she will be the successor. As the king, she is given the role of consecrating temples and making rich offerings. This shows that she will be a very important personality in Egypt. She became queen when she married her half-brother. Justification on her creation is made on the basis that she is wise and wiser than all women in the region. In the reading, when she is being declared the queen, Khnum is seen answering Amun telling him that the daughter is prepared for prosperity, life and prosperity in the days to come. This therefore shows that she had been selected by the gods after appealing them. She was chosen as the successor while in her mother’s womb.
When the time for conception comes along, the child is delivered in the presence of Amun and the goddess Mesekhnet (goddess of the birth place). This goes in line with the duties that she has been accorded in her future life. She was the fifth pharaoh in Egypt. During her reign, representations of Hatsheput changed. In the beginning of her role as regent, she portrays herself as a queen with female characteristics, but later depicts herself in duo gendered imagery (Hilliard and Wurtzel 27). Hatshepsut’s father was King Thutmose I (Wilson 83). She decides to portray the story on the temple to make it clear, as the first female pharaoh that she could partake the roles of the pharaoh and steer the kingdom to prosperity. She probably died around 1458 B.C.
Works Cited
Hilliard, Kristina and Wurtzel, Kate, ‘Power and Gender in Ancient Egypt: The Case of Hatshepsut,’ Art Education, 2009: 25-31.
Wilson, Elizabeth, ‘The Queen who would be King,’ Smithsonian, the H.W. Wilson Company 2006: 82-87.
