Hatshepsut was one of many best pharaohs, and her legacy was erased and forgotten for over 3,000 years
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For Ladies’s Historical past Month, I wished to spotlight Hatshepsut, who was forgotten to historical past for over three millennia and remains to be not fairly a family title. Whereas Cleopatra and Nefertiti are significantly better identified, no feminine ruler of the traditional world was as adept and profitable as Hatshepsut, which would be the key to why her legacy was erased for thus lengthy:
To be taught extra about Hatshepsut — and the supply for a lot of this reporting — learn Kara Cooney’s The Girl Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Energy in Historical Egypt and Elizabeth B. Wilson’s “The Queen Who Would Be King,” in Smithsonian Journal.
Jackie Lay works on the Visuals staff at NPR. She’s an animator and illustrator who has been printed at The Atlantic, Vox and The Washington Submit. Discover extra of her work on-line, at JackieLay.com.
