Which 18th Dynasty female pharaoh ruled Egypt for over two decades, launching a famous maritime trading expedition to the Land of Punt and constructing her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Hatshepsut
- Step 1: Queen Hatshepsut ruled as pharaoh (c. 1479-1458 BCE), initially as regent for her stepson Thutmose III before assuming full pharaonic regalia.
- Step 2: She sponsored the famous voyage to Punt (modern Horn of Africa) recorded on reliefs at her terraced colonnaded mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari (Djeser-Djeseru).
Answer
Hatshepsut.
Why not the others: 'Nefertiti' was the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten; 'Cleopatra VII' was the final Ptolemaic Greek monarch of Egypt; 'Twosret' was the last female ruler of the 19th Dynasty.
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