Answer to Famous Kings & Queens of Africa Series: Part 2

Queen Hatshepsut! 

 

• Due to the untimely death of her young husband, she became the regent of her nephew, his successor.  
• She seized the opportunity and donned the double-crown of Egypt, male clothing, and the false beard, declaring herself pharaoh of Egypt.   
• She ruled for almost 22 years. 
• Her goal as pharaoh was to expand Egypt’s trade routes.  
• Her favorite sea expedition was to Punt.  
• Unfortunately years after She died, her nephew attempted to erase any trace of her reign by disfiguring statues and walls of the buildings she had constructed. She is Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt.