The female Pharaoh who ruled by wearing false beards

Daily Bangladesh
2 min readOct 12, 2019

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There are many mysterious events in Egypt including the Nile, which make it different from other civilizations. Everyone knows about the huge Egyptian pyramid. How the tall giant pyramid was created without modern technology still evokes the wonders. The security system in Egypt was also excellent. Today we will talk about a pharaoh in Egypt.

When we think about Egyptian Pharaoh, we immediately think about a king wearing blue and gold crowns and sitting on the throne. However, history shows that in the three thousand years of Egypt, there were 7 women among the 170 pharaohs. Although historians are skeptical of this number, many women rulers have been removed from the pages of history. But for some fancy features, they still remain in the pages of history.

Among them, Hatshepsut is one of the most powerful and renowned pharaohs in the history of Egypt. Hatshepsut was the first female ruler of ancient Egypt to reign as a male with the full authority of pharaoh. Her name means ‘Foremost of Noble Women’ or ‘She is First among Noble Women’. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C.

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