• the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt.
• She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful female pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.
• It is now known that Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and her reign as king is usually given as twenty-two years since Manetho assigns her a reign of 21 years and 9 months.
• she became pharaoh circa 1479 BC.
• it was uncommon for Egypt to be ruled by a woman,
• Hatshepsut was the second known to have formally assumed power as "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" after Queen Sobekneferu of the Twelfth Dynasty.
• Probably died from bone cancer
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