Hatshepsutmeaning Foremost of Noble Ladies; was the fifth pharaoh of theEighteenth dynasty of Egypt. Under Hatshepsut’s reign, Egyptprospered. Unlike other rulers in her dynasty, she was moreinterested in ensuring economic prosperity and building andrestoring monuments throughout Egypt and Nubia than in conqueringnew lands. She built the temple Djeser-djeseru (“holiest of holyplaces”), which was dedicated to Amon and served as her funerarycult, and erected a pair of red granite obelisks at the Temple ofAmon at Karnak, one of which still stands today. Hatshepsut alsohad one notable trading expedition to the land of Punt in the ninthyear of her reign. The ships returned with gold, ivory and myrrhtrees, and the scene was immortalized on the walls of thetemple.

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