The pharaoh that wouldn't be forgotten - Kate Green 

Destroying the monuments of previous pharaohs was a common problem. Many pharaohs would make statues of themselves and write their names hidden in places, so that if someone in the future tried to destroy their memory, they would always miss something.

I love this animation she's so sassy like "sup bitches, bet you thought you'd seen the last of me"

In ancient Egypt, it was believed that your soul truly died when you were forgotten. So you have to take in mind that whoever tried to erase her name also tried to erase her in a religious sense too. Also, if you look for a picture of her corpse, she seems to be happy, smiling in her death.

Omg the animation is so cute 😂the way she kinda just shrugs and smiles like "yupp hihi I'm pretty cool😉✨"

Ironically, she is remembered more than many other pharaohs.

The fact that we even know about her is a marvelous thing. After Tuthmosis III tried to erase her name and leave her off the list of pharaohs, her name was lost for a couple of millennia. Her body wasn't found until the early 20th century in a unmarked grave, then years later DNA testing came along to confirm that the mummy was indeed Hatshepsut. The sad part is that in Kemetic belief, if you're forgotten in the living world then you don’t exist in the afterlife. Tuthmosis III was trying to kill her even in death.

And if you look up her mummified body, she's still kinda well preserved, and actually has a happy smile on her face

Hatshepsu is my favorite Pharaohs! She is so epic. She made a lot of expansion campaigns, architecture projects and seriously invest in trading routes! Pharaohs have a tradition of creating stories to make their reing look stronger, after all they are the 'Pharaoh' the only king a loving deity, no other individual should be a s glorious as them, which is why they had another traditions. Newer pharaohs had a tradition of burning records of older pharaohs and then taking credit of the older work as their own. And you know you must be freaking great when a lot of newer Pharohs after you, did that thing to you, like it happen numerous times to Hatshepsu.

No one: Literally no one: Me at 10 pm: let's learn about Egyptian people

anyone else notice that when a women becomes king... their reign is always seen as horrible and a failed until we learn the truth and that they were GOOD RULERS.... like Wu Zetian, Cleopatra, Elizabeth the first, Victoria, Elizabeth II, Christina, AND SO many more. Yet, when we read accounts we heard they were horrible people who disappointed their countries and made things horrible. but they were actually good rulers who cared about their people, made the country stronger (money wise and military wise) and did SOOO much more to make their countries where they are now

Egyptian history is extremely intresting i'm a 13 yr old girl who has been intrested in it since almost as long as i can remember XD

She is my favorite! Out of all the pharaohs she was the greatest of them all. She was smart and powerful! Her son tried to erase her but look at her now, we are talking about her 3k later.

Such a great story! I love the animation like she winks and looks around. That's so cute!

I like how she's chill. She is powerful!

Ha! We erased everything about you! Hatshepsut: you sure about that, buddy? Yes! Just wait! You will begone in no time. *more than 2000 years later* Aaaanny moment now! Hatshepsut: yeah I think they remembered me.

1) No, the Pharaoh was NOT the living embodiment of Horus. The Pharaoh performs a ritual upon their coronation to welcome the Kingly Ka, a piece of Horus' soul, into their own. They are NOT Horus in human form, they have a small piece of Horus' soul inside their own, which they were believed to be guided by. 2) Female Pharaohs weren't and still aren't against Ma'at. Ma'at is a philosophical concept of righteous action and morality, and its application to Egyptian law is largely unknown due to a lack of surviving records. What we do know is while women were still seen in a domestic role in Ancient Egypt, they could have their own business entirely independent of their husbands, and even own large amounts of their own property. Perhaps a female Pharaoh was against normal tradition, but it most certainly was NOT against Ma'at. 3) Pretty much all devout followers of the Ancient Egyptian religion could and indeed often did call themselves the son/daughter of [insert god here], and were in most cases named after said god. Most Egyptian names consisted of the name of the god they were born to as part of a phrase (e.g. TutankhAMUN, RAmesses) I don't know the exact translations of some of them, but I do know of a prominent official from antiquity named "Khnumhotep", which means "Peace of Khnum" or "Khnum Comes in Peace". So Hatshepsut wasn't special for being the "Daughter of Amun" in that regard, since all followers of that faith were the son/daughter of someone or other. 4) HURR DURR EVERYONE HATES WOMEN MUST BE BECAUSE SHE A WOMAN. CAN'T BE POLITICAL, MUST BE WOMAN REASON. I reiterate point two, especially about what you said about it being a threat to Ma'at. And while I'm on the subject, how patronising can this possibly be when you think about it? It CAN'T be because she made political decisions her successors disagreed with, it CAN'T be because she personally was disliked by her subjects, it CAN'T be ANYTHING to do with what she did, it MUST be because she was a woman because she couldn't possibly have done anything else with her political career except be a woman. The "because she was a woman" speculation is entirely that, speculation, and when you think about it, it's a pretty insulting speculation to make and call it "most likely".

The creativity in the names is amazing

Hatshepsut is probably my favorite historical figure

It is kind of obvious to me who did it. Thutmose III ruled for only 22 years after his mother. He didn't do it, the next pharoh did after Thutmose III died. Which would make it Amenhotep II. HOWEVER... he did not become pharaoh right away. When a prince is proclaimed king but did not take the throne on the day after his father's death, it meant that he served as the junior coregent during his father's reign. A coregency with Thutmose III and Amenhotep II is believed to have lasted for two years and four months. Odds are the erasing was done during this 2 and a half year coregency, as the senior regent probably represented the Priesthood that wanted restore balance. Either Amenhotep II went along with it or he was pressured into it and didn't have much of a say as he was just the junior co-regent. So whoever the senior coregent was is the one responsible. That took me all of 2 minutes to figure out. You should see the other interesting observations I have made throughout history :)

heck yea! Hatshepsut is my favourite Pharoah! I got to be her for Egypt day back in elementary school for our ancient civilization unit. It's this huge event that all the gr. 7 (the last grade before highschool) got to compete in. I researched her in order to best play the role and i fell in love! In my rule our team won one of the most games. #hatshepsut4president2k16

This helped me alot, in my history class. We are learning about Hatshepsut.

I have heard that Hatshepsut was almost erased from history also because of her nephew/step son Thutmose, but for a different reason. From what I have heard, she claimed she would take his place temporarily (until he got old enough to rule) but liked ruling, thus causing her to keep the throne. However, to keep Thutmose from trying to become pharaoh, she sent him to war, hoping to get him killed. He never did die, so she just kept sending him back into battle. After Hatshepsut died, he became pharaoh and was angry that he had been sent to war so many times and kept away from his right to rule. This caused him to try and erase Hatshepsut from history. I don't know if that is the truth, but that's what I have heard.

if i learned anything from disney, this pharoah woman was an evil stepmom and wanted the kingdom to herself

This reminds of the pharaoh bender's reign of terror

My social studies class is doing a project on her! Everyone except me can pronunce her name! Like wtf!

I wish they made a Ted-Ed video on Sor Juana Ines dela Cruz

Can I just say, I'm attracted to that animation of Hatshepsut oh my goddd

Well. That was thoroughly speculative.

The animation is amazing. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

2:39 theres a tomb that looks-ish like this in sims 3, always wondered if it was based off some thing real

I'd love for HBO to do a mini series on her, that would be so cool!

me alegra saber que hay gente que aun reconoce el talento de la artista con mas talento que ha dado españa, Lola Flores la mas grande

This would make an AWESOME book/movie!!!

Shout-out to Puppet History (yt) for teaching me about this icon 💗

Basicly friday's history lesson, Merry Christmas!

+Varoon It's a shame but I knew when I watched this video there would be some kind of debate about the race of the ancient Egyptians and I'm not here to start arguments because I respect everyone's research and knowledge. I understand that you believe Egypt was a North African society that was separated from sub Saharan Africa by the Sahara desert but from my understanding in Ancient times the desert was not much of a divider at all. Africans all over Africa engaged in trade and commerce with each other. North Africa had populations that people today would consider sub Saharan by phenotype today. Think about the Moors. And many people in modern Egypt are descendants of invasions such as the Caliphate. That's like crediting modern Americans with indigenous American accomplishments. You can't group all black historians in the category of trying to claim the success of others. Many are just frustrated that their research and writings are branded as Afro centric and separate from other historians. If you've read any books from black historians you would notice they have to include findings from European historians to even have their material taken seriously. Let's remember history has been distorted and we are all just searching for the truth.

Thank you

hi its been 7 years, this king/queen still slayin

She seems to have been one very feisty lady indeed. Bravo!

Best channel on youtube.

The best answer was "most likely." Ok . . .

Me and my classmates watched this during class to study about Hatshepsut

btw, i nvr knew abt damnatio memoriae before watching this vid. now i know that keeping receipts is important. thanks :)

I love Hatchepsut so much!!!

SHES AWESOME 💖

Hatshepsut was a great queen.

She actually did a lot more than just that when i learned about her in my history class

There was already a female pharaoh called Sobekneferu before Hatsheput. And the vandalizing of monuments of pharaohs was a common occurrence.

By the way, "Maat" is where the word "checkmate" comes from.

Hahaha they thought I could be erased but the divine had my back the whole way

Cleopatra vs Hatshepsut ... who will win???

Great story! Ted ed, could you please talk about how ancient Egyptian looked like, were they arab or African black, or a mix like most of Ethiopians?

Amazing animation ! 😉😊

I really hate that the Harshepsut took over Thutmose the 3rd but I do like how Harshepsut became pharaoh though!

Shes cool i like learning about her in my history class and textbook:)

What is the picture at 2:50? I have a picture on my wall that is extremely similar which my uncle gave me from Egypt. I always thought it was cool, but it would be nice to know the significance. Thanks in advance

Also try to make everyone forget there ever being a female pharaoh was useless because of cleopatra

Some says she is from Punt and Punt from Somalia 🇸🇴

So Egyptians believed Maat in the present can be disturbed by past events?

The way she turns and shrugs is like- *"Hi bish- You aint gonna take my throne U-U. And also, son, you're such a disappointment-TAKE DAT SON OF A BISH"* DAT'S GURL POWER

30% of comments = She is remembered more then any pharaohs 50% = *HiStOrY* 20% = *somsthingrandom*

I love your videos, but the "t" in "damnatio" should be pronounced like a "z", and in "memoriae" the "ae" should make an "ee" sound. :3

I don't like leaders in general .If your charismatic enough or authoritative enough ( break people will or appear as a savior to people from prior leaders ) ; you can make or force people to like you ...Leaders were all time writing myths and their story to support their ruler ship and teaching it to the young generation in attempt to keep loyalty and power ( dignify/ glorified or make into a deity ) . "People always like the people they like to always be right ." -Rick ( Rick & Morty series ) . I'm tired rallying behind people and alongside people.

I can't believe that someone would destroy a monument like that just because they're sexist.

One of the interesting things about growing in a mixed race society, and one that is not multicultural at all, it has one culture that assimilates all others is that you understand that if you were born and raised this side of the Atlantic, if you´re mixed, there is no way you can identify with anything but yourself. This gives the grey standpoint, that is healthy sometimes, if not most times. I wonder why American Blacks have this tendency to look to Africa as a motherland, or ancestral home... First, we ought to understand that there is no blacks in Africa, there are tribes and nations. We expressed it in the different religious nations within candomblé: the nagô root (most of yoruba language), and the angolan root, that is larger than the congo, with which bears some similarities. You are not black, you belong to one or another nation, and you´ll be discriminated accordingly. If you were born in the new world, it is not easy to fit in Africa, specially if you think they will recognize you as one of their own. It happened during the slave years with blacks either freed or free born in Brazil who decided to go to Abeokutah: they did not fit in as Africans anymore, they became a class of tradesmen (even trading on human flesh) and a sort of elite, but they spoke Portuguese rather than their original dialects. Picture yourself trying to go back to a place where you sold as cattle by other people that look like you (although they can tell the difference)? Forget it, you´re something else, and free to create your history. Sad as it is, moving forward and making the best of a really bad situation is the most sensible thing to do. Another thing that I don´t understand is why do many Black Americans turn to islam. Islam kept enslaving sub saharias long after the slave trade to the Americas ended! Arabs are not black, those of nubian as of in Ethiopian/Sudanese blacks regard themselves as better than sub saharians exactly because they were more cultured - the horn of Africa had a strong influence by India and islam - and they are different indeed: the shape of the head, features, a more cinnamon like tone of skin, a leaner body structure. And I am not being racist, please, a scandinavian is different from a Portuguese and for all effects they´re white. The path that should indentify Black Americans is their take on christianism, I suppose, but since I am not American, I don´t know, So the reason for all this quarrel about the colour of Egyptians seems senseless. They could be green and the effect of our individual lives today. Look up the past for more self esteem? Total BS! Look forward and make it worth! I am so greatful I am mixed and never been pressed to choose among my ancestrals for cultural references! We made our own... and it is a freaking work in progress! With failures and some successes, and this is fine. So, how about some peace?

Legend has it she won a duel

The lack of music is actually strangely charming.

No women pharos? Was this long before Nefertiti then?

many Pharoahs either userpt their predecessor's accomplishments by erasing their names. For as long as one is spoken of, no one is truly dead

weirdly enough thutmose the third was an even greater pharaoh than hatchepsut. he was probably the greatest military strategist in history. for over 54 years as ruler he never lost a battle and greatly expanded the egyptian empire.

"ae" in latin sounds "e", so it's "damnazio memoriE"

All I know is that history is ruthless with loss info

We are the king's🇪🇬❤️☪️

Women were always just as capable as men, if not better. It is patriarchal history like this that makes modern people believe otherwise. Same reasoning could be applied to race, as the Egyptians were one of the most accomplished civilizations to ever exist, but white European imperialism would aim to obscure accomplishments and rich history of black civilizations like the Egyptians

When feminism has been around since ancient times

I have a homework question asking " in what ways can Hatshepsut be considered an inspiration for both boys and girls?" based on this video and guess what..... IDK

this shows that to a degree, our whole life and even afterlife would be based around whether we were a man or a woman and I think that's sad...

Thutmose 3 agreed with her reign

how did they know that evidence of her reign was erased exactly or around 20 years after she died if it was erased? kind of a noob question but i'm not really sure :p

what if she herself, knowing that she was an imbalance to Maat, ordered the removal of herself from their history, but not while her stepson was in rule... or something like that...

My teacher said that Thutmose II, her husband was her brother...

To me I think the people who were force to try and demolish everything about her history actually kept some of her relics hidden in secretly so she will still be remembered in the future. Since she was a far better ruler the thought of a jealous king wanted to taint her history must had brought quite an outrage so they did this on purpose is my guess

We watched this is class❤️❤️

If you guys notice, thutmose III mother name is Isis

So this is what "The Mummy" is based on

Ty I needed this to study 🙏🙌🙏

haters gone hate

when I was a little girl I was obsess with Hatchepsout and her history. now I am an history major, making sure that history is not forgotten *Edit 3 years later (cause I still get hate about that) : Ok so, first of all, I speak French, "Hatshepsut" is written "Hatchepsout" in French. Second, I really dont understand why people are sending hate about a comment I made 3 years ago about studying history. May I add, that my major was not in Egyptology, but Egypt's history and Hatchepsout were an entry way for my passion in history.

What i find great is that in the Egyptian afterlife, Pharaohs basically had their own place aside from other people, but if they were forgotten, they would disappear completely. This would mean that destroying memorials of her would erase her entirely. not just from memory, but from history, time, and all of existence; however, the acts taken to destroy any evidence of her existence ironically made her more well known than many other Pharaohs, thus cementing her place in history, and more importantly, our memories. So she lives on still in her afterlife. They tried to wipe her from existence, but they failed, and now they have to deal with it. (this is just imagining what would happen if their religion were true. which it may be, who knows?)

Hatshepsut is the most well known pharaoh In Somalia because she traded with the Land of Punt which is an ancient kingdom that existed in Northern Somalia

It's kinda disingenuous to make it sound like Hatshepsut might have exaggerated her accomplishments because ''she wrote'' them. ALL Pharaoh depicted their own reign and key milestones on their monuments. It was the common practice. Casting a shadow on hers as if she did any differently than other Pharaohs is misleading.

She was not just "wife of Thutmose II", in fact Hatshepsut had pure royal blood, because she was the daughter of Pharaoh with Queen Ahmose. Thutmose II (her half brother and husband) was the son of a secondary wife. Hatshepsut was the rightful heir to the throne

Having studied under Donald Redford, a world leading Egyptologist, I am very happy with how succinctly and accurately this affair was described here

So glad her memory survived...😏

She's probably my favorite Pharaoh. Her memory prevails even after almost being erased.

The Streisand effect in action. They tried to erase her from history, and she's now the most remembered pharaoh of all time.

Distant Land of Punt is now known as Somalia, which I bet you didn't know.

I'm Egyptian and I didn't even know those things lol we studied her history at school and how she was powerful and a very good trader though

Black girls rock!

His voice is so soothing!