Famous Female Pharaohs and Queens of Ancient Egypt

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There were many Female Pharaohs and Queens in Ancient Egypt who exercised amounts of power and authority, and this video will introduce you to the most famous ones. Spanning from the Early Dynastic Period with Neithhotep and Merneith, to the New Kingdom with Hatshepsut and Nefertiti, and the Ptolemaic Dynasty with Cleopatra VII, this video will take you through the history of female rulers of Egypt- some you may know, and some you may not!
Ancient Egypt was a civilisation where women exercised greater freedom than most other cultures in the ancient world. So it isn't surprising that there were many important female rulers throughout Egypt’s expansive history. Although a number of these women ruled Egypt in their own right, they all required a male from their lineage, whether it be their father or a son who was not yet old enough to rule, to justify their claim to power. This was because of one of the foundational myths of Egypt in which the god Osiris is depicted as the first king and his son Horus as his successor; therefore, only males could rule.
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0:00 Introduction
1:00 How Could Women Become King?
3:04 Neithhotep
3:52 Merneith
4:31 Sobeknefru
5:40 Ahhotep I
6:23 Hatshepsut
8:22 Tiye
9:36 Nefertiti
10:32 Nefertari
11:24 Cleopatra VII
12:25 Questions
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@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Let us know some of the women you're aware of who hold a position of leadership and authority!

@lorib4596 3 жыл бұрын

You missed Tawosret in your list. She was the final ruler of the 19th Dynasty.

@thefanone Жыл бұрын

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@sharonrichardsweiser31 3 жыл бұрын

The video contains lots of extra information and clarification, good as a starting point to study more about the Queens of Ancient Egypt.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sharon, we are so glad you found it a good resource! Thanks for watching!

@waliky2002 3 жыл бұрын

Queen Tiye had a tremendous influence on the culture and religion

@luisgdequesada5990 3 жыл бұрын

Great instructive historical video Kelly! Thank you so much!

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@j171984 3 жыл бұрын

Ty for another great video! Whenever someone asks what time & where I would live in I say Ancient Egypt since I could be as powerful as a man. Btw I luv ur blouse & earrings Kelly, super cute!

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed the video!

@MJ-hd7nr Жыл бұрын

My daughter is going to Egypt for her senior class trip. We definitely need to take a few history lessons before going. Thanks for the video.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! We hope your daughter has the best time in Egypt!

@Hamadahamada-vg2bx 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@luisgdequesada5990 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for replying!

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

No worries!

@kevinarielhernandezmartine2238 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video.

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@trollplant 3 жыл бұрын

or is it?

@ishmaelomar8634 2 жыл бұрын

Why do we very little of pharaoh queen smenkhare?

@cookiespark6189 3 жыл бұрын

thank i have a project about Narmer and I couldn't find anything for Neithhotep

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia 3 жыл бұрын

Glad we could help!

@kingramsisthegreat5889 Жыл бұрын

0:46 just a reminder as I know from my study the title pharaoh wasn’t used in Egypt as the king of the land just very recent in the Greek era(Ptolemaic era)

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Yes, but that's how how we refer to them today, and this video is for a modern audience. 🙂

@mikligardur9104 3 жыл бұрын

Where there no queen ruler beween Nefertari and Cleopatra? How about Arsinoe II?

@kingramsisthegreat5889 Жыл бұрын

1) Hr nbw. 2) nbty “The one who belongs to the two ladies” 3) Hr “The Horus name” 4) nsw-bity “King of Upper and Lower Egypt” 5) sA ra “Son of Re”

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! 🙂

@messalina2984 3 жыл бұрын

You didn’t mentioned Twosret. She was also a female pharaoh.

@manetrigolini2967 2 жыл бұрын

The most advanced civilization of all: the Ancient Egyptians !!

@IjazKhan-lf3wq 3 жыл бұрын

How much do i have

@billrozell9081 2 жыл бұрын

It should be emphasized that a) Cleopatra VII came to poser through a (probably) Roman backed coup; b) the power stucture had been coregnant, brother (always Ptolemy) and sister (usually either Arsinoe or Cleopatra) ruling in common -- with one arsinoe taking the lead --at least at the last few generations; and c) even after she'd killed her brother and her sister Arsinoe was holed up and given sanctuaryin the Temple of Athena Polymastia at Ephesis, Cleopatra had her hunted down and murdered in the Temple, an act of gross sacrilige.

@feelgoodspace 8 ай бұрын

The host is pretty

@BoredBricks 2 жыл бұрын

You forgot Nitocris.

@IjazKhan-lf3wq 3 жыл бұрын

Old queen by sall1550

@mpress469 3 жыл бұрын

Matriarchal wisdom can begin with a fundamental understanding of the cyclical nature of reality (God). Represented by the snake in many creation myths, the living cycle has a trinity of a beginning (head), a middle and end (tail). As above so below, the sexes were created in the image of God's cyclical nature where Mother is the head and opening to all beginnings and Father holds the tail to all endings (through which the sowing of seeds allow for the next great matriarchal rebirth).The joining of the two (symbolized by the Ouroborus or the marriage ring) is the sacred union needed in assuring the creation and continuation of new life cycles. To speak of the present day God as "Our Father" is simply an admission to our collective positioning within the bigger cycle. As all Mother's have direct experience with the creator quality of birthing, so is the direct experience of rebirthing the divinity within (baptism) belong to that which is matriarchal. (John 3, verse 3-8) . In spiritualy matriarchal times, illumination could be seen as wearing the false beard (ancient Egyptian funerary death mask) as the supreme balanced state of self knowing; high cyclical awareness of both our upper matriarchal half and our lower patriarchal half (compared with a mini lower body replica, an "as above so below" tail end beard extension); in full recognition of her civilizational Underworld; her inevitable cyclical destiny. To carry the Ankh was perhaps to symbolically carry that upper and lower understanding. As the upper matriarchal womb symbolised the fertile birthing of civilization, below, the now Christian cross is carried to place emphasis on the lower "End Times" Father principle of the great cycle. Ganesha, the elephant headed Hindu diety, displays a cyclical head to trunk symbolism and points to the Mother head of his matriarchal elephant society. A whole temple was dedicated to the ancient Egyptian goddess Hathor, who is the matriarchal "Uterus" personified. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gJadY917uKuqe2Q.html In the name of the Father, the Son and the holy ghosted... ? ... inevitability.

@castadivanorma8478 Жыл бұрын

You forget Arsinoe agreat queen of Egypte

@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Жыл бұрын

Hi! We couldn't fit every queen in, so we just chose to cover the most well-known queens. 🙂

@castadivanorma8478 Жыл бұрын

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia Arsinoe was aqueen of Egypt and Ma cedonia. You can check it yourself,lovely lady.Thanks for the good work and the clarity of your videos.Hello from Athens Greece

@reneedailey1696 Жыл бұрын

@@castadivanorma8478 She did not deny that Arsinoe was a Queen- Only that she is less well-known than the other Queens listed, which is true.