Seated Red Granite Statue Of Hatshepsut

One way that queen hatshepsut stayed in power for over 20 years is to build monuments throughout egypt.

Seated red granite statue of hatshepsut. Like a king hatshepsut is shown standing with her left leg stepped forward. Daughter of pharaoh thutmosis i and wife of thutmosis ii her half brother she found herself at the death of her husband the regent of a young boy king thutmosis iii who is both her nephew and her stepson. Hatshepsut s mortuary temple at deir el bahri brief description. This odd combination is evident in a red granite piece on display in the metropolitan museum of art in new york.

She built monuments called obelisks to proclaim her glory. Queen hatshepsut is undoubtedly the most remarkable female pharaoh of egyptian history. The statues were discovered in hatshepsut s temple at deir el bahari. In some temple reliefs.

Reign of hatshepsut and tuthmosis iii. The other one is now in the metropolitan museum of arts. Seated statue of hatshepsut. The pose of the statue seated with hands flat on the knees indicates that it was intended to receive offerings and it was probably placed in one of the temple s chapels.

167 cm rogers fund 1929 torso lent by rijksmuseum van oudheden leiden l. Western thebes red granite. In more public areas such as the processional way into the temple colossal sphinxes 31 3 166 kneeling 30 3 1 and standing statues 28 3 18 represent hatshepsut as the ideal king a young man in the prime of life. Function for the gods and people of egypt who visited her mortuary complex after her death to continue her cult worship.

Seated statue of hatshepsut. Seated statue of hatshepsut as king wearing female dress. They were once flanking the entrance of the temple s upper court. An obelisk is a four sided shaft with a pyramid shaped top made from blocks of red granite.

It is one of two identical standing statues of the queen. She also constructed a temple which was part of a mountain to honor herself and the gods. New kingdom dynasty 18 joint reign hatshepsut and thutmosis iii circa 1479 1458 bc archaeo crush. Seated statue of hatshepsut ca.

It depicts a seated hatshepsut in female clothing wearing the nemes crown and is inscribed with her pharaonic throne name maatkare truth is the soul of the sun and feminized versions of her kingly titles daughter of re etc. Statue of hatshepsut seated type. Hatshepsut the most successful of several female rulers of ancient egypt declared herself king sometime between years 2 and 7 in the reign of her stepson and nephew thutmose iii. Both statues are made out of red granite m3t which was quarried from aswan.