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She became the regent!. Meaning she was to give up the throne when the pharaoh became of age!. Instead, he just didn't want to rule!.

When she died of an absessed tooth, he didn't have a choice!. It used to be commonly believed that he erased her from history!. The broken statues led us to believe that she was an opportunist who took over the throne of a child!. Now we know that it was not him who destroyed the statues but his successor who probably believed women had too much power!.

Yes she probably killed her brother!. Cleopatra did that to her brother when he threw a fit over her having too much power!.

edit: I find it interesting that people paint her as a feminist when she dressed up as a man in order to please the men in charge!. I also find it interesting that a certain male friend is often linked with her success as if she couldn't succeed without a man!.

Some people identify Hatshepsut as the Queen of Sheba found in the Old Testament!. The theory is relatively weak and relies on the Bible as it's only source for a timeline!. The timeline previously in use was compiled mostly by Manetho and it was not know that dynasties 15, 16, and possibly 17 ruled at the same time!. As a result history had to be shortened!. It is not yet known how much more history needs to be shortened so the theory may hold some water!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Hatshepsut (1540-1481 BC) was an Egyptian queen of the Eighteenth Dynasty!. Usurping the throne after her husband's death, she held effective power for over 20 years!.

The daughter of Thutmose I by his queen Ahmose, Hatshepsut was married to her half brother Thutmose II, a son of Thutmose I by a lesser queen named Mutnofre!. During Thutmose II's lifetime Hatshepsut was merely a principal queen bearing the titles King's Daughter, King's Sister, God's Wife, and King's Great Wife!.

On the death of Thutmose II the youthful Thutmose III, a son of Thutmose II by a concubine named Ese (Isis), came to the throne but under the tutelage of Hatshepsut, who for a number of years thereafter succeeded in keeping him in the background!. At the beginning she had only queenly status but soon assumed the double crown of Egypt and, after some initial hesitation, had herself depicted in male dress!.

Although both she, and later Thutmose III, counted their reigns from the beginning of their partnership, Hatshepsut was the dominant ruler until Year Twenty!. Thutmose III was also shown as a king but only as a junior coregent!. In an inscription of Year Twenty in Sinai, however, Thutmose III is shown on an equal footing with his aunt!.

"Hatshepsut!." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed!. 17 Vols!. Gale Research, 1998!.
Reproduced in Biography Resource Center!.

2 other interesting articles!.!.
Smithsonian, Sept 2006 v37 i6 p80(8)
History Today, May 1994 v44 n5 p23(7)

Check out your local library Web site for access to databases!
http://lists!.webjunction!.org/libweb/Www@QuestionHome@Com

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I can answer the first part of your question:

"!.!.!.!.Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmose I and principle wife of her half brother, Thutmose II!. Hatshepsut bore Thutmose II a daughter but no surviving son, so when Thutmose II died young, the title of king was inherited by the son of one his secondary wives!. Thutmose III was too young to rule alone, and so Hathsepsut became regent!. At some time between the second and seventh years of Thutmose's reign, Hathshepsut took the titles of a king!.!.!.!.!.Hatshepsut did not replace Thutmose III, who ruled as king alongside her!. By his twenty second year as king, Thutmose was ruling alone, presumably after Hatshepsut's death!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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She became the regent!. and she did kill her brother!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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