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... This amazing architectural feat was believed to have been started by King Thutmose II and completed by the famous female Pharaoh, Queen Hatshepsut. Senmut, an advisor held in great esteem by Hatshepsut, was the architect of this monument. ... Deir el-Bahri, which is not only the intended burial temple of Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s, is a temple dedicated to the Gods Amon-Ra and Hathor. The goddess Hathor is featured on the columns of the temple, and the birth and coronation of the queen is described in paintings and other works of art. ...
Queen Hatshepsut, the greatest female pharaoh of the New Kingdom, was one of the few exceptions to that rule. ... She was the first wife and Queen of Thutmose II and on his death proclaimed herself co-Pharaoh, denying the old kings son, her nephew, and his compete inheritance, although Thutmose III and Hatshepsut ruled together until 1473 BC, when she appointed herself Pharaoh.
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