In the early afternoon, we arrived at the shrine of the world's first queen, Queen Hatshepsut.
Hatshepsut (reigned 1503–1482 BC). Queen of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, died after reigning for 21 years.
Wearing a fake beard, wearing **, a corseted wide robe, holding a scepter, and being extremely majestic, this is the usual attire of the most powerful female pharaoh in ancient Egypt.
Very few people have ever seen her in person, and her true appearance is as mysterious as her legend.
Her life is somewhat similar to the legend of our only empress, Wu Zetian, who was the only concubine between Pharaoh Thutmose I and Queen Amos, the half-sister and wife of Thutmose II, and the aunt, mother-in-law and mother-in-law of Pharaoh Thutmose III.
She has been smart and clever since she was a child, bold and strong, and knows the art of power. She often took pride in being the only legitimate heir to the pharaoh, and dreamed of one day ruling a powerful Egypt – in the patriarchal society of ancient Egypt, where it was highly controversial and inconceivable for a woman to serve as pharaoh, Hatshepsut gained a foothold in the dynasty with her extraordinary intelligence and strong ruling ability.
In 1512 BC, Thutmose I died. Hatshepsut married his eldest son, Thutmose II, the son of his father's princess, and succeeded to the throne.
The second emperor was frail and sickly and had no intention of governing the country, and soon after he succeeded to the throne, the power fell to Hatshepsut. A few years later, II fell ill and died.
At this time, Hatshepsut was on shaky footing and could not realize his ambitions. She arranged for a 10-year-old boy born to her husband's concubine to marry her daughter and succeed to the throne as Thutmose III. As the regent, he has full authority to manage the affairs of the state.
During her reign, Hatshepsut stopped Egypt's wars and began Egypt's trade with its neighbors, making Egypt prosperous and wealthy during her reign, and Hatshepsut used her wealth to begin building temples on a large scale, including the Deir el-Bahri in Thebes.
Thutmose III grew up and was ambitious and unwilling to be a puppet anymore. As a result, Hatshepsut exiled Thutmose III to a remote place before he could officially come to power.
At this point, Hatshepsut had everything to become pharaoh, and it was only up to him to break the tradition that women could not be in power. So, she and the monks fabricated a life story and claimed to be the daughter of the sun god Amun: the sun god gave birth to a daughter with the queen in the form of Thutmose I in order to rule Egypt for her descendants, and now this woman has endured hardships and can be the pharaoh who rules Egypt.
She also placed many gold plates on top of the temple's stele to reflect the sun's rays to prove to the world her intimacy with the sun god. Then, she began to disguise herself as a woman, ordering everyone to call her by male pronouns.
Hatshepsut became the Egyptian pharaoh as she wished.
The turn of events occurred in the 22nd year of Hatshepsut's reign when Thutmose III suddenly returned to the throne, leaving Hatshepsut missing, along with her lover Senmut (High Priestess of Amun) and her daughter.
Egyptian historians have been unable to explain how Hatshepsut lost power, the cause of Hatshepsut's death, or even the ...... of her mummy
In 2007, Egypt** announced that a mummy found at the KV60 tomb had been identified as Hatshepsut himself after DNA analysis. The Egyptian archaeological community believes that this discovery is the most significant archaeological discovery in Egypt since the discovery of the mummy of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in 1922, believing that it will shock the world.
During the solitary reign of Thutmose III, most of the words and images engraved on the monument by Queen Hatshepsut were hammered flat. Recent archaeological surveys have revealed that the names and images were not destroyed immediately after the Queen's death, but only began to be destroyed about 20 years later.
However, Thutmose III did not destroy the temple that the queen had built for herself on the west bank of the Nile, nor did he tear down the queen's two obelisks at Karnak.
The temple is a temple built by Hatshepsu for himself, located in the valley of Thebesbahari on the west bank of the Luksoniro River.
The Queen's Mausoleum abandons the traditional mausoleum layout, and completely designs the entire building as a three-storey stack according to the needs of the mountain cliff valley environment. The staircase pillars are connected by a gentle staircase, and behind the uppermost colonnade is the main part of the temple, and its inner nave is carved into the cliff.
The temple is divided into two large platform-like staircases, which protrude far from the front, and are majestic.
The colonnade on the front is a simple square column, the upper side gallery is a fluted column, and the walls of the various corridors are frescoed in colour, and the colonnade exterior is a bright and pure color palette that echoes the cliffs in the background. This architectural technique is considered to be a good example of the full integration of ancient architecture with the natural landscape.
The temple of Hatshepsut is considered one of the best masterpieces of ancient architecture and natural landscape due to its successful use of natural topography and harmony with its surroundings. His breakthrough with tradition fully demonstrates the innovative talent of Egyptian artists, which is very rare and rare under the monarchical system.
Although it has been more than 3,000 years, the reliefs on the main hall have been preserved intact to this day. The two-storey platform is extremely extensive, and each platform is preceded by columns and corridors, equipped with very delicate reliefs, such as the birth of the queen, the queen's visit to Ponte, and the carrying of the obelisk.
What struck me the most in the Queen's Temple was the rows of tall and magnificent statues of the Queen wearing fake beards, wearing **, holding a scepter, and incomparably majestic.
In that patriarchal ancient society, a woman, by virtue of her own wisdom and strength, became the world's first queen, and during her reign Egypt became very prosperous and wealthy......
Hatshepsut, like our empress Wu Zetian, is an idol worthy of our girls' worship and pride!
Standing in the Queen's Temple, the view is wide, and a vibrant green along the Nile River can be seen in the distance with a long stretch of yellow sand.
This was perhaps the best hope of the world's first queen – that her country would always prosper and her people would always be happy and prosperous.
The popular science knowledge and part of this article are from the encyclopedia.