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A colossal statue of Hatshepsut outside her tomb at Deir
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HATSHEPSUT ERA
1479 BC - Hatshepsut seizes power
Tuthmosis II's young and only surviving son becomes pharaoh.
But in 1473 BC, his stepmother and co-regent, Queen Hatshepsut,
takes the throne.
Ca 1479-1458 BC - Hatshepsut's trip to Punt
Hapshepsut organizes a hugely successful trade trip to
Punt. A vast collection of exotica is brought back.
Ca 1479-1458 BC - Monuments created
Hatshepsut orders the carving of obelisks, the defining
monument of the New Kingdom. She also orders the construction
of a mortuary temple in Deir el-Bahari. |
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