View over the queens valley and mortyary temple of Hatshepsut, the second female pharaoh. Luxor West Bank

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Hatshepsut also Hatchepsut; "Foremost of Noble Ladies"; 1507–1458 BC) was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh, the first being Sobekneferu. (Various other women may have also ruled as pharaohs regnant or at least regents before Hatshepsut, as early as Neithhotep around 1600 years prior.)

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Size: 3072px × 2048px
Location: Egypt, Luxor, West Bank
Photo credit: © Juha Puikkonen / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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