Hatshepsut, Queen of Egypt
Historians debate the significance of Hatshepsut,
one of few female rulers of ancient Egypt. Traditionally
she has been viewed as a schemer who
usurped the throne, while more recent scholarship
acknowledges the complex difficulties she
would have faced as a female ruler some 3,500
years ago. Her seemingly uninhibited access to
natural and human resources, however, allowed
her to engage in a substantial building program
throughout Egypt.
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