Hatshepsut ruled for about two decades in the first half of the 15th century B.C. She was a daughter of 18th-dynasty king Thutmose I. She first married her brother Thutmose II, and after he died, a very young brother, Thutmose III. At first, Hatshepsut served only as his regent, but later took control.
The walls of a temple of Hatshepsut at Dayr al-Bahri indicate that Hatshepsut ran a military campaign in Nubia and trading missions with Punt. Later, attempts were made to erase signs of Hatshepsut's reign.
Recent excavations in the Valley of Kings have led archaeologists to believe the sarcophagus of Hatshepsut may have been the one numbered KV60.
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