Queen Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut, one of a handful of female rulers in Ancient Egypt, was an 18th-dynasty pharaoh whose reign was the longest of all the female pharaohs. Her funerary temple still stands as a tribute to her incredible rise to power. Hatshepsut, who ruled for twenty-one years, dressed herself as a king, even wearing a false beard. The Egyptian people seem to have accepted this unprecedented behavior when she dressed herself in the most sacred of the Pharaoh's clothing, mounted the throne, and proclaimed herself Pharaoh of Egypt. Temple of Queen Hatshepsut today is known as the Temple of Deir El-Bahri, which means in Arabic, the “Temple of the Northern monastery”.