theblackalchemist Posted July 8, 2007 Report Share Posted July 8, 2007 Queen Hatshepsut, Egypt's greatest female Pharaoh was fat, balding and had beard. (She wore a false beard along with men's clothing when she proclaimed herself the Pharaoh of Egypt). She also apparently suffered from diabetes, like many obese women of today, according to archaeologists, who recently unearthed her mummy in Luxor's 'Valley of the Kings'. The daughter of Pharaoh Tuthmosis I and wife of Tuthmosis II, her half-brother, Hatshepsut reigned from 1498 to 1483 BC as the fifth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, whose later members included Akhenaton and Tutankhamun. Initially she was appointed the regent for her stepson Tuthmosis III, upon the death of her husband-brother. But she soon started wearing the royal headdress and a false beard and proclaimed herself pharaoh. [/Quote] More here- Times Of India TBA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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