Here I am with the Kingโs List in the British Museum! In the picture ๐๐ ฑ๐, Iโm pointing to where Hatshepsutโs ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ name ๐๐ should be because she was one of the pharaohs left off the list – she was left off because she was considered to be a non-legitimate pharaoh.
The point of the King Lists was not to preserve history for future generations, rather the main objective was to glorify the gods ๐น๐น๐น, and as we know, pharaohs ๐๐ป๐ฅ were considered gods ๐น๐น๐น on Earth. These lists allowed Seti I ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ and Rameses II ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ด๐ to assert their legitimacy amongst the old pharaohs ๐๐ป๐ฅ of Egypt ๐๐ ๐๐.
Letโs read some hieroglyphs ๐น๐๐ช! We are going to look at the Throne Name cartouches of the 18th Dynasty pharaohs to show where Hatshepsutโs ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ name is missing! We will start reading from the right since the hieroglyphs point in that direction!
๐ณ๐ป๐ฃ๐ – Thutmosis I โGreat is the manifestation of the soul of Raโ
๐ณ๐ป๐ฃ๐ – Thutmosis II โGreat is the manifestation of Raโ
๐ณ๐ ๐ฃ – Tutmosis III โLasting is the Manifestation of Raโ
๐ณ๐ป๐ฃ๐ – Amenhotep II โGreat is the manifestation of Raโ
๐ณ๐ ๐ฃ๐ผ – Thutmosis IV โLasting are the Manifestations of Raโ
๐ณ๐ง๐ – Amenhotep III โPossessor of the Truth of Raโ
As you can see, the cartouches jump right from Thutmosis II ๐ณ๐ป๐ฃ๐ to Thutmosis III ๐ณ๐ ๐ฃ and totally skip Hatshepsut ๐ณ๐ฆ๐!
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