Which female pharaoh of Egypt's 18th Dynasty ruled as co-regent and Pharaoh for over two decades, famously dispatching a lucrative trade expedition to the Land of Punt and building her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Hatshepsut
- Step 1: Hatshepsut assumed full pharaonic regalia (including the royal kilt and ceremonial false beard) around 1478 BCE during the youth of her stepson Thutmose III.
- Step 2: Her reign was characterized by flourishing maritime commerce with Punt (bringing back myrrh trees and gold) and monumental architecture designed by royal architect Senenmut at Deir el-Bahari.
Answer
Hatshepsut
Why not the others: 'Nefertiti' Nefertiti was the Great Royal Wife of Akhenaten who played a prominent role in the Amarna solar revolution; 'Cleopatra VII' Cleopatra VII was the final Hellenistic Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt who died in 30 BCE after Actium; 'Nefertari' Nefertari was the favored Great Royal Wife of Ramesses II, immortalized in a magnificent painted tomb in the Valley of the Queens.
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