Power+And+Glory

=Power and Glory= Hatshepsut ruled as a masterful politician and an elegant stateswomen, her rein was relavently peaceful compared to other pharaohs with the exception of a few successful military campaigns agains Nubia. She was the first to claim that she was her fathers intended successor and supported her argument with an inscription ont he walls od her monutuary temple to read: Then his majesty said to them: ' this daughter of mine, khnumetamun Hatshepsut- may she live!- I have appointed as my successor upon my throne… she shall direct the people in every sphere of my palace; it is se indeed who shall lead you, obey her words, unite yourselves at her command' the royal nobles, the dignitaries, and the leaders of the people heard this proclamation of the promotion of his daughter, the king of upper and lower Egypt, maatkare- may she live eternally

Unfortunetly, after her death, her cartouches and images were chiselled off the stone walls and monuments they were originally carved onto. Achaeologists know this becuase they left obvious gaps. Hatshepsuts sphinxes and statues were also torn down, smashed down and left to lay.