01/06/2023
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Although Egypt is full of important temples, the Temple of Hatshepsut is one of the very distinctive temples in Egypt and the world, and this is due to its unique design, which is completely different from the rest of the temples of ancient Egypt.
The temple is a historical document, or an open book that tells the history of Egypt during the reign of one of the strongest and most beautiful women on earth, the first queen in history, Hatshepsut, who ordered the construction of the temple on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Thebes, Luxor.
Queen Hatshepsut belongs to the eighteenth dynasty in the era of the New Kingdom, she lived between 1504-1457 BC. She came to rule Egypt as the legitimate heir to the throne because she is the eldest of her daughters, and the king, Thutmose I, did not have male children.
And because most of the priests were rejecting the idea that the king would be a woman and in her hands all the authorities, so Hatshepsut gave up her beauty and femininity in order to prove to everyone that she was worthy of ruling, and that she could achieve a great renaissance that the male kings could not achieve.
That is why Hatshepsut took off her women's clothes and wore the clothes and crowns of men's kings, and in most statues, Hatshepsut was shown with the borrowed chin of men's kings.
Although Egypt was going through one of its most difficult periods, Hatshepsut was able to impose her control over the government. It took care of strengthening the army, shipbuilding and construction, and opened quarries and mines that had been neglected for a long time.
Until now, there is a memorial plaque in the Sinai region, which is a letter from copper miners written on it thanks to the queen for her interest in opening the mines, which were closed with the beginning of the Hyksos occupation.
With her intelligence and diplomacy, Queen Hatshepsut was able to build excellent and distinguished relations with countries to cut off any war or external threat. She organized cruises for trade with the peoples of the Atlantic Ocean, the peoples of the Red Sea and the countries of the ancient East.
And Hatshepsut took care of recording and documenting all the details of her famous commercial trip to the country of Punt or "Punt", which is now called Somalia, and paid attention to engraving these details on the walls of her temple on the western mainland.
Queen Hatshepsut ruled Egypt for 22 years, and she died at the age of 48 as a result of cancer, and she was buried in her tomb in the Valley of the Kings "the world-famous cemetery in the name of KV20" and archaeologists believe that it is the first cemetery that was built in the Valley of the Kings, and that it was Originally dedicated to the burial of her father, "King Thutmose I".
The Temple of Hatshepsut was built by the engineer โSenmutโ more than 3500 years ago, and some historians believe that there is a love relationship between the engineer โSemnutโ and the queen โHatshepsutโ, but the most likely belief is that Hatshepsut revered and respected him and had a great status with her because of her fascination and love His art and engineering works, and that her relationship with him was a relationship of respect and appreciation and not an emotional relationship.
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