The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-05
Hatshepsut at Her Toilets
Quite Feminine Picture.

X TT ANY new discoveries have been
IVl made 10y the Egypt Exploration
Fund concerning Queen Hat
5hepsut, the remarkable woman who
ruled over Egypt $500 years ago
These discoveries more than Justify
she claim Of QUEEN 1IntshepSut to be
called the Mrs. Paniihurst OF her time
Queen lIatsEcpsut gained full pos
session OF the throne from which she
ouSted her worthless brother, assumed
Inc garments of q man. extended the
empire into far distant regions, erect
ed the greatest temples and monu-
lnents OF her time and gave the pco
pie the most efficient government they
had ever known.
The latest work bearing on Queen
Hntshepsut is tho complete excavation
of the great temple built by her ut
Dcir-cl- Bahri, west OF the Nile, near
Thebes. This building was erected
Mt the base Of vast cliff which adds
curiously 10 its grandeur.
The temple now stands practically
perfect with terraces and courts re-
stored. The wonderful colored rcliefs
commanded by Queen Hatshcpsut 10
record her career and glorify her sex
are now visible 10 the world. The
temple was constructed on three ter
races and lies 1T the foot OF cliffs that
rise 400 feet sheer above It,
Buried in the temple are Hatshep-
suit: her father, Thutmose l.. her
brother. ThutmOsc H., and her half
brother. Thutmose ILL., 1t is notice
able that III all the decora lions Hat
shcpsut occupies nearly the entire
wall space. Her men relatives occupy
~
depict them. ana they are oil repre-
scented standing. while the Queen is
seated
On the upper terrace Of the temple
Is = shrine OF Hathor. the COW god
dess, the iavorltc divinity OF Hat
shrpsut. On the wall painting within
finthor IS represented in the form OF
a COW sucking boy and protecting
n man standing before her.
On the lower platform OF the tenn.
PIE IS = most interesting relief Illus.
traing the methods used by the an
cicnt Egyptians IN transporting huge
obelislis and monoliths. Three rows
OF boats tow the huge barge in which
an obelisk is loaded.
The relief shows the pilots boats
running ahead with the pilots taking
the soundings, the taut cable, the
swinging oars, the tender and the
rear line OF craft carrying officiating
priests and the royal emblems OF Hat
Fhepsut
In this way, with the aid OF 1000
men, the two obclisks erected in
honor OF Hatshcpsut were carried to
tho temple OF Anon ut karnnk.
One Of the many inscriptions TO
1iatshepsut on the walls at Deir-el.
Rai at ,el,a ~
vine consort, adjusted the affairs of
tho two lands Il. g., upper and lower
Egypt by reason OF her policies:
Egypt was made to labor with bowed
head for her"
The magnifcently colored reliefs
of the temple show that Hatshepsut
wore all the costume and regalia OF
male Pharaoh. She wore a crown.
dressed herself entirely in mems
garments and put on an artificial
beard. The archaeologist informs US
that an ambassador at her court
would find the way to her favor II he
addressed her as His Majesty"
Hatshepsut, through her mother,
Queen Ahmose. was the heiress Of the
older line of Pharaohs, which had
left no male representatives. From
the beginning of her career she was
confronted by a conspiracy OF her
father, Thutmose L., and her other
male relatives, to deprive her of her
rights, just as the modern suffra-
gettes say they are being deprived
of theirs She compelled her father
to surrender the throne to her, as
he was not of royal descent and had
no rights after his wife was dead.
She was married according to the
ancient Egyptian custom to her
brother Thutmose III.
10 endeavored to usurp the entire
power, but Hatshepsut overcame him.
First she forced him to acknowl-
edge her as co-ruler. and her next
step was to send him into retire
ment and assume all the honors and
rights of the Pharaoh. She was