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NSWAncient HistorySection III (Personalities): Hatshepsut, Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty
Quick questions on Hatshepsut's rise to power and coronation: HSC Ancient History
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What is hatshepsut's starting position?Show answer
Hatshepsut began the reign of Thutmose III with three sources of authority.
What is the divine birth narrative?Show answer
The Deir el-Bahri mortuary temple includes a series of reliefs in the Middle Colonnade depicting Hatshepsut's divine birth.
What is senior royal lineage?Show answer
As the eldest daughter of Thutmose I and his Great Royal Wife Ahmose, she was the senior princess of the dynasty.
What is great Royal Wife of Thutmose II?Show answer
Her marriage to her half-brother had been the standard royal practice. Their daughter Neferure was the senior princess of the next generation.
What is god's Wife of Amun?Show answer
This religious office, inherited from her mother Ahmose, gave her an independent estate, priesthood, and revenues at the Karnak temple. By Hatshepsut's time, the office was a major independent power base.
What is ineni's evidence?Show answer
The tomb autobiography of Ineni, an official who served under Thutmose I, II and III, is a key contemporary written source for the regency. Ineni records that on Thutmose II's death "his son [Thutmose III] stood in his place as king of the Two Lands, having become ruler upon the throne of the one who begat him," while "his sister, the God's Wife Hatshepsut, settled the affairs of the land." Ineni's account confirms both that Thutmose III was recognised as king from the outset and that Hatshepsut, styled by her religious title rather than a kingly one, exercised real executive authority as regent - directly supporting the "regency first, kingship later" chronology rather than an immediate seizure of the throne.
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