Who discovered the tomb of hatshepsut biography

Egyptian queen and pharaoh, sixth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty (c. /8– BC)

For the 13th dynasty princess, see Hatshepsut (king's daughter).

Hatshepsut^[a] (haht-SHEPP-sut; c.&#;– BC) was the Great Royal Wife of PharaohThutmose II and the sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, ruling first as regent, then as queen regnant from c.&#;&#;BC until c.&#;&#;BC (Low Chronology).

She was Egypt's second confirmed woman who ruled in her own right, the first being Sobekneferu/Nefrusobek in the Twelfth Dynasty.

Hatshepsut was the daughter of Thutmose I and Great Royal Wife, Ahmose. Upon the death of her husband and half-brother Thutmose II, she had initially ruled as regent to her stepson, Thutmose III, who inherited the throne at the age of two.

Several years into her regency, Hatshepsut assumed the position of pharaoh and adopted the full royal titulary, making her a co-ruler alongside Thutmose III. In order to establish herself in the Egyptian patr