Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypts early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B. C. First acting as regent for her young nephew stepson Thutmose III, she in time assumed the title of king and exercised the full powers of the throne as senior co ruler. In accordance with Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut was often depicted as a male king. After her death, however, monuments bearing her image were ruthlessly