![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead Egypt's vast resources were directed towards a nationwide improvement programme which was to see an extension of the Karnak Temple complex, and the building of the Deir el-Bahari mortuary temple, one of the most beautiful monuments of the Dynastic age. Military campaigns were scarce it seems that few enemies were prepared to challenge pharaoh's might. He would languish in obscurity for some 20 years.įrom this point onwards, Hatshepsut enjoyed a conventional reign. Hatshepsut now took precedence over her stepson, and Tuthmosis was relegated to the background. ![]() Then, with no explanation, she was crowned king. The infant Tuthmosis III would become king under the temporary guidance of his stepmother, the dowager Queen Hatshepsut.įor a couple of years Hatshepsut behaved as a totally conventional regent, acknowledging the young Tuthmosis III as the one and only pharaoh. Under normal circumstances the royal mother would act as regent for her son unfortunately the mother in this case was a lady of unacceptably low status. Again there was a prince in the royal harem, but this time the prince was a baby. When Tuthmosis II died suddenly, after a mere three years on the throne, a dynastic crisis threatened. Hatshepsut, now queen of Egypt, bore her husband/brother a daughter, Princess Neferure, but no son. ![]()
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