Hatshepsut Book Report

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To make it clear, Hatshepsut did not try to rule without Thutmose III or become ruler instead of him, she wanted to rule with him and alongside him. (page 159). Eventually Hatshepsut died, we have no records that indicate how she died or exactly when she died. “... after almost twenty-two years as regent and then as king, ruling from approximately 1479 to 1458 BCE, the woman who started as a King’s Daughter and God’s Wife, who went on to become the greatest female ruler Egypt would ever see,... was dead.” (page 183). The book tells that there are no records of Thutmose III emotions after Hatshepsut’s death. Hatshepsut would have died when she was less than forty years old, assumed from some type of infection or small disease that was …show more content…
Although this book is not a bibliography, it explains Hatshepsut’s life deeply. Some improvements to aid in the understanding of the book would be a family tree, a longer description of the important figures, and a description of what the king’s “children” did after they were discharged of being chosen as the next ruling king or queen. I think that a family tree would better aid to understanding how each person was related to the others around them, as I previously explained. Also, a less-brief description of the important figures would help in understanding who the person was and why they had the position that they did. I now know that Hatshepsut’s mother came from a normal family, but I had to do major research to find out how and why Hatshepsut’s father allowed her to try to bear him a child. Lastly, I would like to know what happened to Hatshepsut’s “brothers and sisters.” Did they live out the rest of their lives inside their father's castle? Or were they removed and sent to live somewhere else? I still have a lot of unanswered questions that I hope to find out from reading more and completing further research about
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