1. A New Kingdom Pharaoh Who Helped Egypt to Flourish CHW3M Feb. 2018
Hatshepsut
A New Kingdom Pharaoh Who Helped Egypt to Flourish
CHW3M Feb. 2018

2. Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple at Deir El Bahri: it reflects a person who was…
Ancient Egypt Online, Hatshepsut’s Mortuary Temple, 2010, (Sept. 28, 2015)

3. How did she go from magnificent temple to being erased from her own monuments 20 years after her reign ended?
The Silk Route, Egypt: Luxor and the West Bank of the Nile, N.d., (Sept. 28, 2015).

4. Maat A concept and a goddess = Order of life balance harmony truth
justice

5. Context on Women 77 Legal rights of women Same as men
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Legal rights of women
Same as men
Own and sell land and property
Divorce
Start a court case
Be a witness in court
Go out in public without being covered up
Economic independence
Men’s roles
Head of family
More than one wife legal but not common – economically difficult
Pass on occupation to sons – continuity

6. Primarily to raise children In charge of home life Bake bread
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Domestic roles
Primarily to raise children
In charge of home life
Bake bread
Brew beer
Portrayed as yellow in colour in art
To show them spending time indoors (vs. men portrayed as red to show them spending time outdoors in the sun)
Lack of political power
No titles
No political power (except for a few)

7. Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power
BCE
Daughter of Thutmose I
married to Thutmose II, her half brother (not uncommon in ancient Egypt)
she was the step mother of Thutmose III who inherited the throne but was too young to rule
so she acted as regent (ruled in place of him) and co-ruler
eventually she declared herself pharaoh (king)
ruled for 22 years
Garfield Newman, et al., Echoes from the Past (Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2001), p. 63.

8. Video Questions Egypt’s Golden Empire
22: :30, 26: :01
Describe 3 actions Hatshepsut took to persuade Egyptians of the legitimacy of her rule.
How did she depict (portray) herself?

9. Consolidation Back to original inquiry question:
Did religion help Egypt deal with change?