She was only the second known woman to assume the throne as "King of Upper and Lower Egypt" after Queen Sobekneferu of the 12th Dynasty of Egypt. She is regarded as the earliest known queen regnant in history and as the first great woman in recorded history. She was believed to have been co-regent from about 1479 to 1458 BC (years 7 to 21 of Thutmose III). Maatkare Hatshepsut or Hatchepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth dynasty of ancient Egypt. Reconstructed statue of Hatshepsut in her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri
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