Meanings
plural Hatshepsuts
- An ancient Egyptian queen (1508–1458 BCE).
The documentary film refers to using the CT scans to build a composite Thutmosid face to compare to the putative Hatshepsuts as well as indicating any possible “common features” that she may have shared with them (Quilici 2007b).
2016, Ryan Metcalfe, “Hatshepsut’s Tooth”, in Richard H. Wilkinson, Kent R. Weeks, editors, The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings, Oxford, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, part X (Human Remains from the KV and Their Study), chapter 27 (Recent Identity and Relationship Studies, Including X-Rays and DNA), page 404
Origin
- EgyptianHAt:t-A51-t:Z2ss“Hatshepsut”
- EnglishHatshepsut
From the short form of her birth name, Egyptian HAt:t-A51-t:Z2ss (ḥꜣt-špswt, “Hatshepsut”, literally “Foremost of Noblewomen”), from ḥꜣt (“front”) + the plural of špst (“noblewoman”).
More words from Egyptian
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Arabic حَتْشَبْسُوت
- حَتْشَبْسُوت (ḥatšabsūt)Egyptian queen
French Hatchepsout
- HatchepsoutEgyptian queen
Korean 하트셉수트
- 하트셉수트 (hateusepsuteu)Egyptian queen
Russian Хатше́псут
- Хатше́псут (Xatšépsut)Egyptian queen
Cite this entry
Hatshepsut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hatshepsut
“Hatshepsut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hatshepsut. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Hatshepsut,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hatshepsut.
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