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Teresa Buffington

Mrs. Williams

Basic English

October 14, 2018

Annotated Bibliography:

Why Was Hatshepsut the Most Successful Female Pharaoh of Egypt?

Callender, Gae. "A Critical Examination of the Reign of Hatshepsut." Ancient History Resources

for Teachers, vol. 18, no. 2, 1 Jan. 1988, pp. 62-103. This article reevaluates the history

of Hatshepsut and provides corrected information about her life and achievements. The

article is a good one that provides informative information regarding the female ruler’s

life and achievements.

Cooney, Kara. The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt.

Oneworld Publications, 2015. This book provide a detailed look into the history of the

Egyptian royal marriages of her predecessors while leading up to the history of

Hatshepsut’s life before and after becoming the female pharaoh while including

information of what she had accomplished while she was ruler. It also gives a look into

what happened in Egypt following her death. I would have to say that this is a really

good book with very insightful information regarding her life while providing viewpoints

of how the ancient Egyptians thought about different aspects of life.

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Dell, Pamela. Hatshepsut: Egypt’s First Female Pharaoh. Compass Point Books, 2009. This book

provides details of her life that range from her birth to when she had established herself

as the female pharaoh. It also includes information on the diplomatic and architectural

achievements that deemed her success as the female pharaoh. The book goes on

further to include information on what happened in Egypt following her death. It is a

really good and informative book that provides the needed information to get to about

the female ruler and how she became the female pharaoh of Egypt while providing the

insight to what her achievements during her rule.

Dunn, Roger. "Hatshepsut: A Female King of Egypt and her Architecture." Bridgewater Review,

vol. 20, no.2, article 7, Dec. 2001, pp. 10-14, vc.bridgew.edu/br_rev/vol20/iss2/7. The

article provides inside though briefly into Egyptian history it gives focus on the aspects

of royal legitimacy being paced through the female part of the royal family with

providing insights into Hatshepsut’s architectural achievements that she was able to

construct during her reign. I feel that this article was good in what information it

provided regarding how the legitimacy of the rule was paced through the female aspect

of the royal union between the queens and kings of ancient Egypt and the detail

provided when looking into the architectural achievements that were made by

Hatshepsut.

History.com Editors. “Hatshepsut.” History, A&E Television Networks, 21 Aug. 2018,

www.history.com/topics/anciet-history/hatshepsut. The article is about her rise to

power as the queen of the pharaoh Thutmose II and how she went on to become
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pharaoh following his death. After securing her position to the throne, she had achieved

several achievements that included diplomatic and architectural that made her one of

the most successful female rulers of Egypt. They also provide us the look into how

following her death the details of how her image on the temples and monuments she

had built were attacked in an attempt to erase her time as pharaoh. The article is okay

but not the best due to the brief nature of details provided regarding her life though

providing plenty of details regarding her achievements.

Jarus, Owens. “Hatshepsut: Powerful Female Pharaoh.” Live Science, 18 May 2018,

www.livescience.com/62614-hatshepsut.html. This article provides an insightful look

into the early life of Hatshepsut and the events that led up to her becoming ruler. He

goes on by providing details of her rule and her successes that marked her as one of the

most successful rulers of her time. The piece also gives a brief look into the type of

resentment she had even with her many successes. This article okay due to its brief

nature in the information provided even though insightful in entire life of the female

ruler and leaving the feeling that it could have had more to it.

Pancella, Peggy. Hatshepsut: First Female Pharaoh. Heinemann-Raintree Library, 2003. This

book provides the reader with details of who Hatshepsut was while going into the ruler

that she became. It’s provides information regarding her architectural and diplomatic

achievements that would be known for making her the most successful female ruler of

Egypt. This book is okay. The information that it provides though detailed does present

it on a juvenile level.
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Roehrig, Catharine H., et al., editors. Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh. Yale University Press,

2005. This book provides a deep historical outlook of Egypt while covering the aspects

Hatshepsut’s reign as well as the cultural and artistic aspects that are practiced in the

different periods in Egypt’s history. This book provides very detailed information that

covers the history leading up the Hatshepsut’s reign and the cultural and artistic aspects

that were presented to Egyptian society.

Thomas, Susanna. Hatshepsut: The First Woman Pharaoh. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2003.

The book provides a the reader with look into the history of Egypt, it’s government, and

culture before leading into the history of the dynasty that Hatshepsut was born into. It

continues on with her history by providing readers a look into her life as the queen

before her husband passed away and what she accomplished during her reign after

assuming the role as king. This is a good source of information but can be considered

juvenile in regards to its simplicity with the presentation of the information. The amount

of information and how it was presented didn’t make me feel that it was lacking

anything and it made me feel confident that I would be able to take the information that

was contained within and write an informative piece with it if need be.