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sweet thing · Tomb Robber Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 2

I need to know if theres enny sites were I can find out about the childhood of Hatshepsut the one first female ruler of Egypt. I have to go to bed but e-mail me at SWEET_THING_306@hotmail.com if you can hellp. leave some inf on mesage board to

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bel · Pharaoh Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 501

Honey,
You really shouldn't give out your address on an open forum.
Go to your public Library and check out this book:
Child of the morning
By: Pauline Gedge
It's simply magical, concerning Hatshepsut's childhood!

Osiris II · Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2005 12:28 am Post subject:

It might be simple magical, bel. But it is a work of fiction. Ms. Gedge has written several books concerning ancient Egypt, and they are all very interesting and entertaining, but in no way should they be considered to be a basis for real history.
I don't believe there is much that has been written about Hapshepsut's childhood. We know that she was the child of a Pharaoh, married to a Pharaoh and became a Pharaoh herself, but I've never seen anything about her childhood, except what she had chisled into the walls of her temple--that Amen came to her mother, in the guise of the mothers earthly husband, impregnated the mother with the seed which would become Hapshepsut.

bel · Pharaoh Joined: 25 May 2003 Posts: 501

I realize there is nothing that has been written (as in record's of Hatshepsut's childhood). But the story is lovely and very close to the truth except it was alot more serious than the book colored the picture to be. That I do know! As a ruler you were not allowed to show emotion in the face of the public. It was not only the kingdom for which you were responsible; but the people as well. Even as a child it was serious business.