Background
The dynasty Hatshepsut ruled during
What is the 18th dynasty?
Where is Deir el-Bahri?
Number of obelisks that were defaced
What is 2?
True or False: Hatshepsut was the first woman to ever rule Egypt.
What is False?
God of the underworld and the afterlife
Who is Osiris?
The God who is her "divine father"
Who is Amun?
City Hatshepsut ruled from & the center of government during the 18th Dynasty.
What is Thebes?
After Hatshepsut’s death, many of her monuments and inscriptions were defaced, likely on the orders of this ruler
Who is Thutmose III?
The main cult center of Amun
What is the Karnak Temple?
Largest pyramid at Giza was built for this pharaoh
Who is Khufu?
The name of her husband
Who is Thutmose II?
Hatshepsut famously sent a trading expedition to this land
What is Punt?
The erasure of Hatshepsut’s name from monuments is thought to have been an attempt to do this to her memory
What is damnatio memoriae?
Hatshepsut often depicted herself wearing this false item traditionally associated with male pharaohs
What is the false beard?
This female pharaoh ruled briefly at the end of the 12th Dynasty and was one of the earliest confirmed women to take the throne as king
Who is Sobekneferu?
Before Hatshepsut assumed full pharaonic power, she ruled under this title, commonly given to women acting on behalf of underage kings
What is Regent?
Content on the inscriptions of the obelisks that justified her rule
What is her divine birth?
Son of Thutmose III, who was also his successor
Who is Amenhotep II?
God of the morning sun
Who is Khepri?
This major battle between Ramses II and the Hittites in 1274 BCE was later immortalized in temple reliefs and exaggerated as a victory
What is the Battle of Kadesh?
Throughout her reign, Hatshepsut often had herself depicted as this animal in sphinx form
What is a lion?
The architect most associated with Hatshepsut’s building projects
Who is Senmut?
In 2007, Egyptologists believed they identified Hatshepsut’s mummy through the discovery of this body part found in a canopic box
What is a tooth?
Name of the material the obelisks were made out of
What is pink Aswan granite?
This architect and priest was later deified as a god of wisdom and medicine
Who is Imhotep?