Thutmose III., a younger brother—a mere child at the death of his father—grew restless at being held so long from the throne by his ambitious sister. The sudden death of the queen again raised the question as to whether the sovereign had died as a result of court intrigue. Certain it is that Thutmose III. retaliated for the restraint the queen had exercised over him by commanding that her name be stricken from all the monuments she had erected, his own to be substituted. Fortunately his workmen followed his instructions so badly that it has been possible to read the original name in many cases, and thus possible to trace the career of the world's earliest recorded queen. Thus have later ages been able to realize how well Queen Hatshepsut met the requirements of her day, and to appreciate her courage in overcoming the prejudices which as a woman on the throne of the Pharaohs she is sure to have encountered.
QUEEN HATSHEPSUT.
[1] These inscriptions are translated in Records of the Past, ed. by Sayce, Vol. X.
[2] The translation is to be corrected to Punt.
[3] Trans. by Breasted, History of Egypt, 280.
[4] Ibid.