Black History Culture : "The Beauty of Sobek"

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  1. Omowale Jabali

    Omowale Jabali The Cosmic Journeyman PREMIUM MEMBER

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    It has often been asserted that Queen Hatshepsut of the ancient Egyptian 18th Dynasty was the first and only female to sit on the throne as Pharaoh. This is totally false. Long before the famed Hatshepsut, there was Queen Sobekneferu of the 12th Dynasty.

    Sobekneferu (sometimes written "Neferusobek") was an Egyptian pharaoh of the twelfth dynasty. Her name meant "the beauty of Sobek." She was the daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat III. Manetho states she also was the sister of Amenemhat IV, but this claim is unproven. Sobekneferu had an older sister named Nefruptah who may have been the intended heir. Neferuptah's name was enclosed in a cartouche and she had her own pyramid at Hawara. Neferuptah died at an early age however.

    Sobekneferu is the first known female ruler of Egypt, although Nitocris may have ruled in the Sixth Dynasty, and there are five other women who are believed to have ruled as early as the First Dynasty.
  2. cherryblossom

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    Sobekneferu The First Certain Female King of Egypt
    by Jimmy Dunn


