The pharaoh that wouldn't be forgotten - Kate Green

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Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh during the New Kingdom in Egypt. Twenty years after her death, somebody smashed her statues, took a chisel and attempted to erase the pharaoh’s name and image from history. But who did it? And why? Kate Green investigates Hatshepsut's history for clues to this ancient puzzle.
Lesson by Kate Green, animation by Steff Lee.

[@ButterflyScarlet]

I love this animation she's so sassy like "sup bitches, bet you thought you'd seen the last of me"

[@rodkali2863]

he'll yeah

[@cutiepie120048]

True!!! XD

[@Zombiethefool]

ya😂😂😂

[@marthaesch4520]

LOL So True !!!!!!!

[@miloblackmetalhate]

+Darci Doof J-Ollie fan arentcha?

[@riddlers91]

Ironically, she is remembered more than many other pharaohs.

[@TulilaSalome]

+Paolo Los Santos But she's still definitely in the top five, more famous than *many*, not *most famous*.

[@ThePoliticalAv]

+riddlers91 only Khufu, Ramesses II, and that bastard Tutankhamun who is only famous because of his intact tomb are more famous

[@riddlers91]

More people know of Cleopatra than any other Pharaoh. She is the most known world wide. Not the most interesting.

[@WilliamGarrow]

+riddlers91 I think that is more likely because she was European Descent. Plus you had the Shakespeare play as well and the movie with Elizabeth Taylor. But I think most people have heard of King Tut.

[@Novusod]

+ThePoliticalAv Khafra is more famous than Khufu, Can't argue with Ramesses II or Tatankhamun but what about Cleopatra or Seti I. Djoser invented the pyramid. Menkaure had the hottest wives.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

Destroying the monuments of previous pharaohs was a common problem. Many pharaohs would make statues of themselves and write their names hidden in places, so that if someone in the future tried to destroy their memory, they would always miss something.

[@theos4931]

TIL

[@YoHoOMirster]

+Paul Reeves no,idiot.

[@ibrahimmetwalli]

A common trait in Egypt’s ruler until this day, if you follow Egyptian politics you will be astonished how similar it is to how it was during ancient times

[@alejandrogorricho4791]

Ibrahim Metwali Politics rarely changed do to people desiring power

[@Emppu_T.]

So be sure to leave lots of watermarks

[@Plantix4thWatcher]

In ancient Egypt, it was believed that your soul truly died when you were forgotten. So you have to take in mind that whoever tried to erase her name also tried to erase her in a religious sense too. Also, if you look for a picture of her corpse, she seems to be happy, smiling in her death.

[@user-bn4hf4kx3s]

Plantix that is cool thanks

[@drawnwithlove3499]

She probably thought "think you could diminish me from existence? Foolish bastards"

[@qabristan]

you had to erase the ren and ka. the name and the vital esssence.

[@Quiznackle]

"Your soul dies when you're forgotten." Bing-bong: confused screaming

[@janeisabel7138]

@@Quiznackle or characters from Coco

[@tracycousins2584]

haters gone hate

[@davidndiulor8428]

+Tracy Cousins potaters gon' potate

[@hiukas.]

Tracy Cousins What XD??

[@jobymoby2010]

pLaYers GONA plAy LIve yO LiFe maN gOoD lUCk *only ARMYs would understand*

[@olleyredbullzie6850]

About what

[@Vinegar_jar]

joby & moby yassss mic droppppppp

[@emmasol3058]

Omg the animation is so cute 😂the way she kinda just shrugs and smiles like "yupp hihi I'm pretty cool😉✨"

[@xXshadowkhanXx]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA i thought the same.

[@cookienookie2480]

@Emanuel Gallegos could you please calm down,this was two years ago

[@2007Club]

Emma Sol hahah agree

[@papasscooperiaworker3649]

@Emanuel Gallegos You have anger issues, please seek help.

[@desubysnusnu]

You need to watch the "how to make mummy" one too. It was super duper cute despite the title

[@Fanimati0n]

What i find great is that in the Egyptian afterlife, Pharaohs basically had their own place aside from other people, but if they were forgotten, they would disappear completely. This would mean that destroying memorials of her would erase her entirely. not just from memory, but from history, time, and all of existence; however, the acts taken to destroy any evidence of her existence ironically made her more well known than many other Pharaohs, thus cementing her place in history, and more importantly, our memories. So she lives on still in her afterlife. They tried to wipe her from existence, but they failed, and now they have to deal with it. (this is just imagining what would happen if their religion were true. which it may be, who knows?)

[@montychristo3745]

Well seeing as how The Holy Bible essentially ripped-off the archetypes found in the "Medu-Neter" (The Ancient Egyptian's Bible), I'd say that there may be some truth to it. Might be why they keep talking about the same people over and over in history class, perhaps they don't want them to disappear completely. Sounds crazy, but who really knows? I get tired of hearing about some old, crusty, dead, and usually a White guy with a beard or wig. Gets tiring and confusing...

[@dadude4960]

yes. because the prophet is here now. Da Dude is my name. behold my power

[@Od_13]

TheRealPearl a

[@Fanimati0n]

Liam thank you for that insightful commentary

[@Od_13]

I do not even remember writing this

[@RitualCat]

when I was a little girl I was obsess with Hatchepsout and her history. now I am an history major, making sure that history is not forgotten *Edit 3 years later (cause I still get hate about that) : Ok so, first of all, I speak French, "Hatshepsut" is written "Hatchepsout" in French. Second, I really dont understand why people are sending hate about a comment I made 3 years ago about studying history. May I add, that my major was not in Egyptology, but Egypt's history and Hatchepsout were an entry way for my passion in history.

[@diablotry5154]

I don't think so. Bad spelling, even with Hatshepsut's name. I think you're slightly older and not a history major

[@onewayticket2148]

@@diablotry5154 That's very presumptuous of you. A lot of people when they're on KZbin may not care about proper spelling. And I am going to make an assumption right now, but what if english is not their first language and they live in a different country where english isn't the primary language. The KZbin audience is very diverse, and you saying something like this is very rude.

[@diablotry5154]

@@onewayticket2148 It doesn't change the spelling of the name, lmao

[@emilieleblanc9140]

@@diablotry5154 Hatshepsut is also spelt Hatchepsut. Also, primarily English speaking countries are not the only places with universities. 🙃

[@diablotry5154]

@@emilieleblanc9140 Ah yes, just like how bill can be spelled like bil or billl

[@zyzmys]

Hatshepsut is the most well known pharaoh In Somalia because she traded with the Land of Punt which is an ancient kingdom that existed in Northern Somalia

[@kingkylie9655]

i was just about to mention the land of punt part!!!

[@rai2423]

@Wubneh Tessema Those borders didn't exist back then. And it's been proven that the Land of Punt was in modern day north-East Somalia.

[@s.o4220]

@Wubneh Tessema There has been no physical evidence found that t was located in eritrea, sudan or ethiopia. Archaeologists found small stone pyramids in north east somalia, presenting stong evidence and maching up to the ancient Egyptian's descriptions. The Ethiopians and Eritreans were still scratching their asses with sticks in the mountains whilst the Somalis were trading and gathering large amounts of wealth with the ancient Egyptians.

[@s.o4220]

@Wubneh Tessema Wubneh Tessema The somalis were allways nomadic peoples, as long as time. So they traveled long ways to feed and hydrate their camles and livestock. They would stay in the areas that they saw fit for their livestock to thrive. Other somalis stayed across the coastline as merchants. The bantus never made their way to present day somalia, they only got as far as Kenya. And the Nilotic peoples are indigenous to the nile vally, they inhabit South Sudan, Sudan,Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, the DRC and some parts of Tanzania. They never were somali. The somalis are descendants of the Cushetic peoples. The arabs would only controll small trading port cities like Zeila and Berbera. But the arabs never wanted to controll vast amounts of land in somalia. The Ethiopians would stay in the wester highlands for most of their ancient history, and the Axumites only got as far east as the afars reigon of present day Djibouti. Some historians even belive that the origins of the somali peoples were up north and they migrated south, as is proof of the ancient cave paintings on the outskirts of Hargasa.

[@s.o4220]

@Wubneh Tessema They were not big pyramids as like the Egyptians built. It was more like small beehive shaped houses which matched the ancient hieroglyphic descriptions.

[@GVZGQosqoruna]

She was not just "wife of Thutmose II", in fact Hatshepsut had pure royal blood, because she was the daughter of Pharaoh with Queen Ahmose. Thutmose II (her half brother and husband) was the son of a secondary wife. Hatshepsut was the rightful heir to the throne

[@TheChaosDragoness]

The fact that we even know about her is a marvelous thing. After Tuthmosis III tried to erase her name and leave her off the list of pharaohs, her name was lost for a couple of millennia. Her body wasn't found until the early 20th century in a unmarked grave, then years later DNA testing came along to confirm that the mummy was indeed Hatshepsut. The sad part is that in Kemetic belief, if you're forgotten in the living world then you don’t exist in the afterlife. Tuthmosis III was trying to kill her even in death.

[@vatsalsrivastav5195]

What if someone is forgotten and rediscovered? Do they exist in afterlife?

[@tatsdgreat8886]

How could dna proove someone from ancient time is really who they claim she is??? Lol

[@TheChaosDragoness]

@@tatsdgreat8886 Testing genetic material from the discovered body against the remains of other mummified rulers, of course. After all she's the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I, and I believe his body is in possession in a museum in Egypt.

[@ChloeHartzog]

@@tatsdgreat8886 crosschecking with other subjects (other pharaohs corpses), of course. The pharaoh lineage is also a blood lineage to a degree, it's not that hard to figure out.

[@lemondrop8203]

@@ChloeHartzog "Not that hard to figure out" Like that's common knowledge

[@PozoBlue]

It's kinda disingenuous to make it sound like Hatshepsut might have exaggerated her accomplishments because ''she wrote'' them. ALL Pharaoh depicted their own reign and key milestones on their monuments. It was the common practice. Casting a shadow on hers as if she did any differently than other Pharaohs is misleading.

[@PozoBlue]

There is an alternative, newer hypothesis that some researchers have proposed and has to do with the line of succession. Thutmose III, her son, succeeded her and the defacements only occurred at the very end of his reign when his son Amenhotep II became his co-regent (his son by a second wife) whose claim on the throne was not very strong as he was not the closest heir in the lineage, especially if she was in that lineage. Some say then that he did it to erase that link and that he even went as far as claiming some of her own monuments and achievements to himself, by putting his cartouche over her defaced ones. And it fits Amenhotep II's M.O as he did the same with other royal women (his own wives) by not registering their names, therefore disturbing the royal lineage and eliminated some of the sacred titles they normally bore (God's Wife of Amun). In any case, this is one of the hypotheses that has been put forth. How knows?!

[@fabianhale845]

+PozoBlue Thutmose III was Hatshepsut's nephew and stepson, not her son.

[@CarlosCMTF]

The problem is that most of what survives of Egyptian historical records are the depictions on the walls, pillars and other stone monuments. And those depictions were not intended to be historical records to the egyptians. They were more like what we would call today political and military propaganda "posters".

[@luciarose4041]

ikr

[@randomfandom33]

No, it's not misleading. Just because other pharaohs had lied and exaggerated their success, does not take away any blame from Hatshepsut. The truth is that Hatshepsut may have exaggerated some of her accomplishments, as simple as that, and therefore the video made an accurate depiction of her in this respect.

[@troy6600]

And if you look up her mummified body, she's still kinda well preserved, and actually has a happy smile on her face

[@catherinetheegreat8742]

anyone else notice that when a women becomes king... their reign is always seen as horrible and a failed until we learn the truth and that they were GOOD RULERS.... like Wu Zetian, Cleopatra, Elizabeth the first, Victoria, Elizabeth II, Christina, AND SO many more. Yet, when we read accounts we heard they were horrible people who disappointed their countries and made things horrible. but they were actually good rulers who cared about their people, made the country stronger (money wise and military wise) and did SOOO much more to make their countries where they are now

[@reaper7684]

what is a good ruler ? its subjective , for somes it can be a land expander , for others a simple man of the people , its really relative

[@catherinetheegreat8742]

REAPER 768 Fair enough. but they did take care of their people, made lives better and changed their system to make it what it is today. I think that should make them good rulers

[@jakeneko]

Kpop_Fangirl till_the_end reign**

[@ginnyjollykidd]

Kpop_Fangirl till_the_end This should also be required of the MEN who rule as well.

[@luciarose4041]

hey kpopfangirltiltheend or whatever your name actually is it's "reign" lol not "rain"

[@Adhanethermela]

No one: Literally no one: Me at 10 pm: let's learn about Egyptian people

[@abbyf763]

Sameeeee I am binging their channel, I have watched from the witch tried to Greek mythology to Egyptian leaders and so much more at like 1 am

[@Adhanethermela]

Thank you for replying would be nice if u liked as well

[@meg-tan]

sameee

[@Certified_serialkiller]

Literally, my mom grounded me and I can't watch youtube so I just binge-watch this because it's "Educational"

[@aerial-edits]

Honestly same! Rn for me it’s almost 11 pm and i found something about her and now I’m just learning Egyptian history

[@oscarmendez1477]

Hatshepsu is my favorite Pharaohs! She is so epic. She made a lot of expansion campaigns, architecture projects and seriously invest in trading routes! Pharaohs have a tradition of creating stories to make their reing look stronger, after all they are the 'Pharaoh' the only king a loving deity, no other individual should be a s glorious as them, which is why they had another traditions. Newer pharaohs had a tradition of burning records of older pharaohs and then taking credit of the older work as their own. And you know you must be freaking great when a lot of newer Pharohs after you, did that thing to you, like it happen numerous times to Hatshepsu.

[@judgeholden6761]

Having studied under Donald Redford, a world leading Egyptologist, I am very happy with how succinctly and accurately this affair was described here

[@fatoubiersacks5307]

thanks for the information.

[@GleeChan]

+Mr. Pommel I saw a theory that she was "erased" from the record because the scholars and priests at the time wanted the succession process for Thutmose III to look smoother. They edited out the details of Hatshepsut being a reagent who took over as Pharaoh because it looked sloppy and not a pure succession. From what I've seen, Thutmose III and Hatshepsut's subjects didn't exactly hate her or anything, as she was a Pharaoh during a prosperous time, it was more of a political and propaganda move. Maybe you can confirm this. Older documentaries tend to go the "jealous son" route, and say Thutmose III defaced Hatshepsut images and such because he hated being on the sidelines for so long. This newer theory sounds nicer, but I wonder where it comes from. I noticed that some documentaries tend to put our modern beliefs into the subjects their showcasing. (If I'm watching anything from the History Channel, I can count on it being mostly garbage) I'm just concerned that hearing this theory in the newer documentaries might have come from the rise of modern-day girl power mindset. I do think that this could be possible, as Egypt was known for it's extreme rights for women in the ancient world, but I wonder. I've only seen this view point in recent documentaries (if they even talk about it at all), while most are satisfied to just talk about Hatshepsut but gloss over the erasing process. They seem more interested in if she's doing her architect or not.

[@judgeholden6761]

Christina Lacey I have no doubt that whatever the core reason, the necessity of depicting succession as being flawless for the historic archive was a huge factor....legitimacy was the most important thing to ANY ancient ruler hands down. Modern day we often make the huge mistake of projecting our mindset and values onto the past. Egypt was not a particularly sexist state; despite small tid bits like Egyptian queen's needing to masculinize themselves for the office of the Pharaoh, women were heads of state multiple times as well as warriors, people of economic importance, ect. but do not mistake the sheer significance of someone defacing records and images and such. This would have been a tremendous slight that would not have been done lightly. The Egyptians believed in magic, curses, ect. more than any other people in history and I strongly believe that some form of hatred or resentment had to be involved. One thing that Egyptologists typically hate is that because of the type of records that were kept and how ritualized the office of pharaoh was, we know very little if not nothing about the personality of most pharaohs or their feelings. Thutmose III might have loved his mother or he might have LOATHED her.....we have no real evidence one way or the other. Ancient history is best left alone to those who can't live with the ambivalence of never really knowing the truth for certain.

[@thedorkinabubble]

+Mr. Pommel Ahh... that makes more sense! I was wondering if, perhaps, he did do it, but just couldn't get around to it until sometime later. Excellent theory! Thank you for sharing!

[@angang1592]

what if the son loathed his step mother but took twenty years to deface her as he needed to cement his power first so that he would not seem petty to the commoners for defacing his mother?

[@sadalien9049]

She's probably my favorite Pharaoh. Her memory prevails even after almost being erased.

[@feyval7974]

His voice is so soothing!

[@sanvisharma1399]

I know right?

[@Stefanbites85]

She is my favorite! Out of all the pharaohs she was the greatest of them all. She was smart and powerful! Her son tried to erase her but look at her now, we are talking about her 3k later.

[@JJaqn05]

Haha seriously? Her co ruler Thutmose III was greater. He is called the Napoleon of Egypt. He never lost a single battle and ruled when Egypt was at it's richest and most powerful in history. He expanded the country greatly and was respected by all. Many see him as the greatest Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt

[@toygarfieldinacar1048]

Such a great story! I love the animation like she winks and looks around. That's so cute!

[@Tricorvus]

I've been an Egyptology freak since 1976, and this was factual and well presented

[@cindchan]

I got to visit Egypt and got to visit her mortuary temple. Absolutely amazing!

[@lilaclake1839]

I learned about her a while back, the moment I heard of the concept the forgotten Pharoah I was hooked! I never think ill get bored of this topic. It's utterly fascinating.

[@kei7.1]

So glad her memory survived...😏

[@plumcorp.1024]

I like how she's chill. She is powerful!

[@bleedingrose6045]

Egyptian history is extremely intresting i'm a 13 yr old girl who has been intrested in it since almost as long as i can remember XD

[@behindview99]

im interest too :)

[@lavendernixart9281]

That's great! It's a really interesting topic! Maybe someday you'll be a famous historian and discover something totally revolutionary about them! Don't forget to exercise your passions and don't let anyone discourage you from doing what you love :D

[@ghostman7578]

I'm 15 and I love geology and astronomy

[@ThatBowtieBoi]

Bleeding Rose Are you me?

[@bleedingrose6045]

Parker Rubinstein lol probably not I'm just a random nerd XD

[@thepanda1044]

They should make a movie about her. Her story is just so damn fascinating.

[@DONTcareAnymore000]

agree, but i hope the film would be great

[@pranitigulyani9190]

This is just excellently made! I love this! I'm a great fan of Hatshepsut! Thank you for posting!

[@fatmagouda1686]

I'm Egyptian and I didn't even know those things lol we studied her history at school and how she was powerful and a very good trader though

[@alaaahmed3188]

التاريخ الفرعوني مش بيدرس في المدارس بتوسع بس لما تدخلي كليه اثار او اداب قسم اثار مصري قديم كل جزء هيعادل منهج سنه كامله 😭😭😭

[@1789NYSA]

Hatsephut is definitely one of the wonder women of Egypt!!! I completely adore Hatsephut, Nefertiti and the other famous one, Cleopatra.

[@pidgon7465]

I’ve never even heard of thutmose but I definitely have heard of Hatshepsut.

[@masterm95]

Distant Land of Punt is now known as Somalia, which I bet you didn't know.

[@gandalfthegrey2592]

Somalia and Eritrea, basically south of Nubia (Sudan).

[@diablotry5154]

Did, I saw a comment say this before I saw yours

[@BlackLegion12621]

The Streisand effect in action. They tried to erase her from history, and she's now the most remembered pharaoh of all time.

[@Borderose]

Hatshepsut and Thutmose III had a complicated relationship. But there's evidence to suggest Thutmose didn't bear any sort of grudge towards his stepmother/aunt and was driven to do what he did to help his heir succeed more smoothly and maintain order.

[@richardpaschal2218]

They were a great team. There was no serious animosity. Hatshepsut made sure III became a warrior pharaoh. Here is a linkage never before made public: a follow on relationship later occurred. Namely the relationship between Alienor of Aquitaine and her son Richard The Lionheart. Their pattern repeats.

[@andersonnick8526]

Technically she wasn't the first female pharaoh, that title goes to Sobekneferu, who was the last ruler of the 12th dynasty of Egypt, from 1806 to 1802 BC. Her name translate to the " Beauty of Sobek "

[@hannahelizebulda7995]

I remember reading that when someone tries to damage or destroy a pharaoh's memory, monuments and tombs is that so they can never reach the afterlife.

[@knzs]

most of these are fake but there is that pharaoh that is written on his coffin "who touched the king's coffin gets cursed" and what is scarier that there was that traveler that had a bird that he loved so much he went to check his coffin and touched it he left the bird there for a while and went away for a second a cobra looking snake ate that bird so we don't really know

[@Huyrrou]

Ha! We erased everything about you! Hatshepsut: you sure about that, buddy? Yes! Just wait! You will begone in no time. *more than 2000 years later* Aaaanny moment now! Hatshepsut: yeah I think they remembered me.

[@TheMikester307]

She gets mentioned in a mid 1970s kids adventure show, where the opening narration tells how Pharaoh Hatshepsut was "Endowed by the goddess Isis with the powers of the animals and the elements..." and that "three-thousand years later, a young science teacher" finds Hatshepsut's magic amulet which lets her change into a super-powered other identity. I like to think the long-gone pharaoh might have smiled at her brief pop culture legacy. And thanks for these videos: the animation and info are perfect!

[@intreoo]

2:16 lol she's like "Deal with it son"

[@WWVND]

It is kind of obvious to me who did it. Thutmose III ruled for only 22 years after his mother. He didn't do it, the next pharoh did after Thutmose III died. Which would make it Amenhotep II. HOWEVER... he did not become pharaoh right away. When a prince is proclaimed king but did not take the throne on the day after his father's death, it meant that he served as the junior coregent during his father's reign. A coregency with Thutmose III and Amenhotep II is believed to have lasted for two years and four months. Odds are the erasing was done during this 2 and a half year coregency, as the senior regent probably represented the Priesthood that wanted restore balance. Either Amenhotep II went along with it or he was pressured into it and didn't have much of a say as he was just the junior co-regent. So whoever the senior coregent was is the one responsible. That took me all of 2 minutes to figure out. You should see the other interesting observations I have made throughout history :)

[@theos4931]

Interesting. Now, my question is who is Imhotep (the guy from the mummy)? and is it true that he was bald?

[@27boof]

+Eric East I also thought it was probably Thutmose lll :)

[@GTLugo]

+Eric East It was the Illuminati. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@WWVND]

Gabe Lugo The Illuminati is a Jesuit lie :o}

[@dominiquerose5491]

Wonderful! The illustrations are great!

[@ilovegod7927]

wonderful presentation about Hatshepsut, Ted Ed!

[@Quiznackle]

Since I was little I have loved learning about people like her... people who have proven again and again what amazing things women are capable of.

[@chainsawgood123]

1) No, the Pharaoh was NOT the living embodiment of Horus. The Pharaoh performs a ritual upon their coronation to welcome the Kingly Ka, a piece of Horus' soul, into their own. They are NOT Horus in human form, they have a small piece of Horus' soul inside their own, which they were believed to be guided by. 2) Female Pharaohs weren't and still aren't against Ma'at. Ma'at is a philosophical concept of righteous action and morality, and its application to Egyptian law is largely unknown due to a lack of surviving records. What we do know is while women were still seen in a domestic role in Ancient Egypt, they could have their own business entirely independent of their husbands, and even own large amounts of their own property. Perhaps a female Pharaoh was against normal tradition, but it most certainly was NOT against Ma'at. 3) Pretty much all devout followers of the Ancient Egyptian religion could and indeed often did call themselves the son/daughter of [insert god here], and were in most cases named after said god. Most Egyptian names consisted of the name of the god they were born to as part of a phrase (e.g. TutankhAMUN, RAmesses) I don't know the exact translations of some of them, but I do know of a prominent official from antiquity named "Khnumhotep", which means "Peace of Khnum" or "Khnum Comes in Peace". So Hatshepsut wasn't special for being the "Daughter of Amun" in that regard, since all followers of that faith were the son/daughter of someone or other. 4) HURR DURR EVERYONE HATES WOMEN MUST BE BECAUSE SHE A WOMAN. CAN'T BE POLITICAL, MUST BE WOMAN REASON. I reiterate point two, especially about what you said about it being a threat to Ma'at. And while I'm on the subject, how patronising can this possibly be when you think about it? It CAN'T be because she made political decisions her successors disagreed with, it CAN'T be because she personally was disliked by her subjects, it CAN'T be ANYTHING to do with what she did, it MUST be because she was a woman because she couldn't possibly have done anything else with her political career except be a woman. The "because she was a woman" speculation is entirely that, speculation, and when you think about it, it's a pretty insulting speculation to make and call it "most likely".

[@dIxIklo85]

+Abby Ritter Just a little addition to your No2: She was going further than that, just putting the God's name in her own. She was claiming to be the ACTUAL physical daughter of Amun. The story of her conception is written in her temple. It goes, that Amun disuise hiself as Thutmosis I, impregnant her mother Ahmose, then showed his real identity and told the mother the name of her daughter. That might be just to strengthen her claim as a pharao, but the story itself is a little more unique as the most common "I'm Pharao XYZ, I'm the son of God XXX"

[@chainsawgood123]

dIxIklo85 Okay, that's fair, because all Egyptians considered themselves the spiritual children of some god or another, and that went beyond just the pharaoh, so the way the video phrases it wouldn't have been anything noteworthy. Now that you've explained it I actually do understand.

[@dIxIklo85]

Yeah they should have pointed that out, because that is the ONE thing which distinguish her from the common "spirit offspring" thing.

[@chainsawgood123]

dIxIklo85 Aside from that I stand by my rant. Being a woman is not against Ma'at, and I highly doubt it was the only reason her successors tried to destroy her legacy.

[@dIxIklo85]

No, beeing a women as itself is clearly not against Ma'at ;) being a women regent is also not against it. But the Ma'at is so complex, it's more than just the Goddess of Truth, it's a system of divine balance, it's a faith AND it's the Goddess herself. And as the old egyptens were a pretty traditional folk, where everything has to go a specific way, the way it always was, and where the pharao alway were man, I think it's legit to say they think that it was against this law of divine balance that a women claim herself pharao. There is a great book from Jan Assmann, a german egyptologist about Ma'at where this is better explained, but unfortunatelly I don't think it's published in english.

[@jayneeojeda5677]

Hatshepsut is probably my favorite historical figure

[@Prem-nb3uz]

The creativity in the names is amazing

[@CowboyJojosAdventures]

Great Documentary, absolutely enjoyed it.

[@mrs.albertcamus7930]

I loved this!! Thank you so much, I'll nail my essay tomorrow :) .

[@vaishnavidahiphale]

Here after Puppet History! All hail The Watcher!!!

[@Dangerous0Fairy]

I heard this story while strolling down her temple in Luxur & Aswan trip .. ironically it's one of the most unforgettable tales of the pharaohs

[@mhyageorges922]

This helped me alot, in my history class. We are learning about Hatshepsut.

[@hydrargyruschaldaecus2572]

3:29 I was confused for a moment but then I realized that this was ancient Egypt

[@ponydoodleday6786]

be careful becuase she wrote her own story kinda makes me chuckle. yes, we should take that into account, but there are a lot of ppl through out history that wrote their own story and that's all we know of them. It's a good point to remember for most of history. really good video

[@heathersalad3031]

I loved learning about Hatsepshut in my college class.

[@Mental_Disaster_2024]

I don’t think that Thutmose was mad at her, she organised his education and made him good Pharoah he was, and they likely shared a good relationship. It was most likely another Pharoah, but who knows

[@thenablade858]

Seeing as it occurred 20 years after his death, it was most likely Thutmose III’s son Amenhotep II as it started under his co-regency with his father.

[@CeToxihuitl]

I've read somewhere that she intended to change the state's religion to monotheism, thus some scholars believe that is the reason they intended to erase her.

[@CeToxihuitl]

P Ciprian as a matter of fact I might, but i think there was an earlier attempt.

[@ancientegyptian1841]

I'm pretty sure that Nefertiti, husband of the infamous Akenaten.

[@Ebrill_Owen]

AncientEgyptian yes, Nefertiti and her husband wanted monotheism! I believe Ra was the god they picked to be their new movement’s true god.

[@mushroompot8931]

That wink at the end though XD

[@yolandathin1502]

I love the narrator’s voice, easily to understand!!!

[@NightWhisperOfShadow]

Awesome video. She's my favorite pharaoh. Great animation

[@thestrangejames]

I thought that there had been seven female pharaohs? Hatshepsut was the fifth one. Were the other female pharaohs' depictions defaced too? I honestly don't know too much about ancient Egypt.

[@KodeKween]

First it was called Kemet & the Greeks, as they always do, disregard previous information called the land Egypt.

[@dirciad1294]

@@KodeKween and then the Arabs called it Misr after conquering it. What's your point

[@xleplex7070]

I am not an expert or anything but in the video it says that at the time Horus was the most important god. But later on Isis became the either very important or the most important and she was a female god, so female Pharos started to claim to be descendants of Isis. And no Hatshepsut was the first female Pharaoh.

[@yogawarriorgirl]

I suspect that the reason we think Hatshepsut was so great a pharaoh was the very fact that she couldn't be erased. I think it also needs to be pointed out that to be utterly forgotten in Ancient Egypt religion meant that a soul would vanish completely. Correct me if I'm wrong, but to erase someone's image was to cut short their afterlife and obliterate them as surely as if they had never been born. The attack on Hatshepsut was truly a vicious one, whoever it was that did it.

[@amrmostafa2637]

loved the detail of the fire symbolizing idea instead of a lamp

[@sobekmania]

In my section on Egyptian history, I learned about Hatshepsut before learning about Tutankhamen and Cleopatra. She has a legacy that is so far immortalized that no rewriting of history will ever change that.

[@GonnaDieNever]

Having a tie to Amun is actually probably why she got destroyed later, The Monotheists in Egypt were not popular.

[@funnylee8270]

Actually it was to secure the succession of Amenhotep II by preventing a succession crisis......

[@IsetMeritAmon]

Are you confusing Amun with Aton, by chance? D:

[@ewk2438]

+Iset Merit-Amon probably Amun (also known as Amun-Re was the king of the Egyptian gods (who kind of retired)

[@IsetMeritAmon]

Neelien Radlmoser I mean that monotheists in Egypt worshipped Aton, not Amum, or Amu-Re.

[@vashchen3860]

My social studies class is doing a project on her! Everyone except me can pronunce her name! Like wtf!

[@behindview99]

xD how they pronounce her name?

[@pranitigulyani9190]

It's HUHT-SHE-PUH-SUT

[@nightthemoon8481]

that's wrong +praniti gulyani

[@lazykitten12]

The same thing happened to me when I was in 6th grade, and my 6th grade Social Studies teacher looked at me to say her name everytime she needed to say her name from the reading.

[@-brianflix-6292]

Trinity Chen No need to shame them.

[@stewpidasohl]

Do more on Ancient Egypt please!

[@kidragakas]

I’ve read that the reason her name was removed from places was she claimed battles her father had won, as hers, and someone who knew the truth of things, came along and corrected them.

[@thenablade858]

Seems like nonsense as there is no evidence for either of those statements. All we know is that the destruction of her imagery first occurred under Amenhotep II’s coregency with Thutmose III. At this point, Thutmose was older and Amenhotep (unlike previous Pharaohs) did not emphasize the names of his Royal Wives so he was probably more traditional than most other Pharaohs.

[@Nandysokar]

We have a song that is all about her, she is one of the most famous Pharos ♥️

[@Anaguma79]

Well. That was thoroughly speculative.

[@mankytoes]

+Jack Leonard That's ancient history for you.

[@userdetails1]

+Jack Leonard I bet most of it was made up by bored man-hating feminists

[@aeris44]

+userdetails1 Oh god I knew there by someone that was gonna use the feminist card. Just enjoy the freaking video, dude.

[@PenTheMighty]

+aeris44 The video makes a bunch of shit up. Pharaohs often attempted to expunge or remove the memory of Pharaohs they didn't like, or unpopular Regents or family members. Hell, it was common for people to scribble over or attempt to erase graffiti as well (not unlike tagging with spray paint today). Arguing that the reason Hashepshut's images and name were expunged at various sites was because she was a woman is incredibly stupid. Egyptian women had an incredible amount of freedom, especially considering what period in history it was, so to argue that it was sexism is just fucking stupid. Especially when you consider just how many Queens, Regents, and Pretenders ruled the country over its incredibly long history. Cleopatra? Nefertiti? MerNeith? Sobekneferu? Twosret? Neithikret? How dare this fucking video accuse Hashepshut of being a victim of "patriarchy"; she was a fucking QUEEN, a ruler, a true independent woman all things considered, and yet these asshole still try to manipulate history to turn every great woman into a "victim" of male aggression. I'm just so tired of the rhetoric seeping into everything, especially since the people writing this garbage obviously don't know shit about what they're talking about. How can a history video be so bad and off?

[@aeris44]

PenTheMighty Yes how dare this video do that. God people are so sensitive. Your only giving facts about other aspects of the culture and not about this specific ruler who ruled at different times and cultures do change. You may be tired of whatever you said, but its goddamm tiring to see how fragile my own gender is and ridiculous how they make a mountain out of a mole hill. What you stated doesn't necessarily give proof to what this ruler faced.

[@galaxymew5138]

This would make an AWESOME book/movie!!!

[@Spartacus6125]

Using in high school world history class today, thanks!

[@Finiras]

When you claim stuff like that, you have to back it up with evidence. There were plenty of female Egyptian leaders whose memories were not desecrated. It seems to me a good possibility that this happened because she was not seen as a legitimate pharaoh. Because she was the wife of a pharaoh and therefore not descended from the previous pharaohs.

[@BadgerPride89]

Actually, Hatshepsut was descended from Thutmose I, in fact, she was the only surviving (that we know of, she seems to have had a brother or two and a sister who all died young) child of Thutmose I and his Queen. Thutmose II just happened to be the only/oldest son from a lesser wife when Thutmose I died, so he and Hatshepsut married. Had she been a boy, she would have been the heir, no questions asked. Probably towards the end of Hatshepsut's career, there's a chance she would have been seen as an illegitimate pharaoh because Thutmose III was alive, strong, and old enough to rule on his own. Earlier, however? That doesn't yet seem to be the case. Hatshepsut had been queen for years, possibly ruling in her husband's stead due to his ill health, so while a transition to pharaoh would raise eyebrows, she had the experience and perhaps the drive and need to do so. I've seen numerous hypotheses on why Hatshepsut would go from Regent to Pharaoh, everything ranging from stopping a coup from the surviving branches of the previous dynasty to ensuring her daughter would become Queen to simple ambition.

[@ancientegyptian1841]

Sobekneferu was one female Pharaoh that wasn't very notable. She came before Hatshepsut.

[@alemcelik4544]

AncientEgyptian the name though

[@goodgirlkay]

She is the daughter, wife, aunt and stepmom of a Pharoah. She was more royal than anyone else. Learn some history.

[@AB-gt6iv]

No, she is Thutmose first's daughter.

[@mariichan3337]

Ah I didn't know about her -- she sounds pretty cool, it's a shame people don't know her as much compared to the other Pharaoh's, hopefully after this video, people will know or be aware of her more 🙌 awesome video, yet again ✨

[@jacknack6819]

Shes prob one of the most famous Pharaohs

[@sujatadey4698]

Nice video and thank you for the history

[@yusdiviarojo4819]

Thanks a lot this vid really helped me for my project:-)

[@kostathomas8732]

This reminds of the pharaoh bender's reign of terror

[@mentalillness1574]

What a tragedy

[@DIANAROSS4EVER]

Great video but I don't agree with the conclusion, there had already been at least 15 female pharaohs before Hatshepsut.

[@thenablade858]

Hatshepsut was actually only the second confirmed female Pharaoh that we know of (so far). The first was Sobekneferu.

[@SaltTectonics]

heck yea! Hatshepsut is my favourite Pharoah! I got to be her for Egypt day back in elementary school for our ancient civilization unit. It's this huge event that all the gr. 7 (the last grade before highschool) got to compete in. I researched her in order to best play the role and i fell in love! In my rule our team won one of the most games. #hatshepsut4president2k16

[@littledevill6764]

You really post great videos!!!

[@swaespace8869]

i love that she was given the melanin she deserves

[@vespidix1187]

Hatshepsut was the half-sister of Thutmose II

[@linneadahlstrom9485]

Love this! So interesting!

[@LichsuhoathinhDrabattle]

Great video as always! I'd be really interested in countries history ✨😎‼

[@matileelikenatalie]

Funny the most remembered rulers of Egypt is her and Cleopatra (two women)

[@bananapie6428]

2:39 theres a tomb that looks-ish like this in sims 3, always wondered if it was based off some thing real

[@archangecamilien1879]

2:25 there is a story about a pharaoh destroying the statues of his mother, who had been pharaoh, after her death, I think...

[@badoocee1967]

Interesting! Thank You.

[@calle3193]

Can I just say, I'm attracted to that animation of Hatshepsut oh my goddd

[@isisthornton3098]

I'm loving everything to do with the art of this video

[@lostrawberryjimin623]

I loved the story of Hatshepsut!!!

[@issamohamed1377]

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[@samaale7381]

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[@mariamhussein6483]

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[@33amra33]

I wish they made a Ted-Ed video on Sor Juana Ines dela Cruz

[@aishwaryam3086]

amazing info

[@ramonthe3rd]

me alegra saber que hay gente que aun reconoce el talento de la artista con mas talento que ha dado españa, Lola Flores la mas grande

[@sakuraharuno7416]

when they started talking about the statues being destroyed I knew who it was

[@kingdomqueen4u]

if i learned anything from disney, this pharoah woman was an evil stepmom and wanted the kingdom to herself

[@thrillerbaby83]

LOL

[@secala5540]

Paloma Rosales and the prince ran away to a monument where he lived with 7 concubines

[@summeryick2133]

Since when is anything from Disney ever true to its origin piece?

[@nicolesong6199]

nah

[@JM-gk7eb]

HOLD DA PHONE!!!! Disney did an Egypt Movie or Series??? NAME!?!?! I must see!!!

[@opiumoid1031]

This video help me SOOO much this is a grade saver thank you for saving my Social Studies Grade.

[@Rseyo]

The world today, needs women leaders like Hatshepsut ^_^

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

Illegitimate?

[@ionlyfearphobophobia]

Real Name No, I was not. Now "good as her"? Says who and compared to what?! When you're dealing with something this old all anyone really has is anecdotes... hell, they even said she wrote her own accounts, so no one knows what type of a leader she was. And as for "more that are women", why? Are you saying you care about what genitals your politicians have rather than their political position? Do you also care what the skin colour is of your politicians too?

[@Asurion777]

The world had one not a long ago, but Margaret Thatcher is unfortunately dead.

[@feliciawang2205]

Love ancient Egyptian culture from 2019

[@Palestine4Ever169]

Felicia Wang Ty ❤️ Where you from?

[@Palestine4Ever169]

Woiller- Relic U never know xD

[@Palestine4Ever169]

Woiller- Relic Not all of them