How many others are there that we haven’t discovered yet

Most people know that Cleopatra ruled Egypt but she was a Greek who was the last Ptolemy ruler. Egyptologists have generally looked at names, inscriptions and pictures of previous rulers and assumed that they were all men. Recent discoveries have determined that the women rulers always took the title of ‘King’ and ‘Pharaoh’ just as men would so they have been misidentified for many years. We now know of other female rulers such as Merneith, Khentkawes, Neithikret the Brave, Sobekneferu the Strong, Tawosret, Hatshesput the Mighty, and Nefertiti. There were also many other female regents who ruled for a time and at least two viziers. Neithikret the Brave also happened to be a female ruler in the 6th dynasty back in the Pyramid Age.

(Book – The Search for Nefertiti – Dr. Joann Fletcher)

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