Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmose III " of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt

At Thutmose II’s death, his queen and sister Hatshepsut had only a young daughter; but a minor wife had borne him a boy, who was apparently very young at his accession. This son, Thutmose III " ruled 1479–26 BCE", later reconquered Egypt’s Asian empire and became an outstanding ruler. During his first few regnal years, Thutmose III theoretically controlled the land, but Hatshepsut governed as regent.

Sometime between Thutmose III’s second and seventh regnal years, she assumed the kingship herself. According to one version of the event, the oracle of Amon proclaimed her king at Karnak, where she was crowned. A more propagandistic account, preserved in texts and reliefs of her splendid mortuary temple at Dayr al-Baḥrī, ignores the reign of Thutmose II and asserts that her father, Thutmose I, proclaimed her his successor.

Queen Hatshepsut and Thutmose III " of the New Kingdom in ancient Egypt