Queen Hatshepsut: The First Women In Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egypt is mostly based on how women in Egypt had almost the same rights as men did, they could even rule a country. They were ahead of their time, women and men were just as equal, and an example of this equality is Queen Hatshepsut, Egyptian pharaoh. Also their beliefs in the afterlife, Egyptian pyramids, and Egyptian medicine and surgery. All this contributed in the Egyptian empire. These all form part of the Ancient Egypt history.
One of the first women to hold the position of a pharaoh was Queen Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of Egypt, she was born in 1508 BC and died 1458 BC. She was best known as the most powerful women pharaoh. Hatshepsut was born as an Egyptian princess. She wasn’t the only child in the family, she had another sister and
She occupies a very important position in history which everyone knows about. Hatshepsut was a monarch of the Eighteenth Dynasty (1580-1320 B.C.) (White). This dynasty was known for the longest dynasty of the Ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut was described as a divine ruler (Ray). She ruled Egypt like no one else did. She knew was she was doing and how to get things done like she wanted. No one in Egypt believed a woman pharaoh could have so much strength and power like she did. Other woman ruled Egypt and they were also remembered after they died, but none of those women compared to Queen Hatshepsut. She was an intelligent and powerful leader who remained in power for 20 years. She didn’t like war so while she was in charge she stablished relationships with a variety of different countries. She had a lot of people who were loyal to her and this did benefit her in her life and during the time she was ruling Egypt. She also had many problems, one of them was being a female ruler instead of a man. During her time of being in charge, she made Egypt a peaceful place, full of prosperity for her people. She cared about others rather than herself. She was a very productive
There’s an Egyptian book called Book of the Dead which is best known literary work on Egyptian religion. It contains a collection of spells and incantations used during this time to help dead people reach the afterlife (Edgar). In this book they explained the preparation for the underworld, in which they have Anubis weighs the dead person’s heart against a feather. This is for the gods to determine the worthless of the soul of the person that just died. For the Egyptians, death was not the end for them, it was just an extension of their worldly life. Their meaning of the next life for them meant that there will be birds, animals, people, rivers, food and even wine