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Queen Hatshepsut 18th Dynasty bust found at Deir el-Bahari outside of Thebes (Modern Luxor) in Upper Egypt. Now held in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.

Queen Hatshepsut 18th Dynasty bust found at Deir el-Bahari outside of Thebes (Modern Luxor) in Upper Egypt. Now held in the Cairo Egyptian Museum.

 

Hatshepsut is considered to be one of the most powerful female rulers of ancient Egypt and the possible pharaoh’s daughter who drew baby Moses from the Nile river as recorded in the Bible’s book of Exodus.

 

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Uploaded on June 18, 2023