NEFERTITI AND HATSHEPSUT

HOW DID HATSHEPSUT BECOME A PHARAOH

• This was standard practice, but Hatshepsut then surprised everyone
• By grabbing sole power for herself and declaring herself Pharaoh.
• Hatshepsut became co-regent, ruling with others on behalf of her stepson
• until he grew up.

WHAT DID HATSHEPSUT DO TO CONVINCE PEOPLE TO FOLLOW HER

• Hatshepsut stressed her royal ancestry and claimed that her father
• Had publicly appointed her as his successor.

EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HATSHEPSUT DIED

• After 22 years of reign, Hatshepsut died and her stepson, Tuthmosis
• 111 finally gained the throne that had been rightfully his for decades.

DISCUSS HOW NERFERTITI IS ASSOCIATED WITH BEING ROYAL.

• Although Nefertiti was not born of royal blood, she had grown up close to the royal family.

INFER WHY WE DO NOT KNOW A LOT ABOUT NEFERTITI

• Today, scholars still don't know exactly why she so suddenly disappeared
• from history more than 3,000 years ago.
• she vanished from history altogether. Until 1822, when scholars learned
• how to read hieroglyphics, she simply ceased to exist.