Queen Hatshepsut

Queen Hatshepsut was a pharaoh from the 18th Dynasty, she was one of the powerful ancient Egypt pharaohs ruled Egypt during the New Kingdom, and the first woman who ruled Egypt When her husband (Thutmose II) died because his son (Thutmose III) was a young child. She began her rule as his regent but she became the pharaoh. She claimed to be the child of AMON and transformed herself into a king by wearing the symbols of kingship.

Queen Hatshepsut extended Egyptian trade and oversaw ambitious building projects, most notably the Temple of Deir el-Bahri, which you can visit during your Egypt vacation it’s located in western Thebes, where she would be buried.