Hatshepsut was a long-ruling regent and female pharaoh of Egypt (r. 1479–1458 BCE) during the 18th Dynasty of the New Kingdom. Hatshepsut was responsible for successful Egyptian military and trading ventures. The added wealth from trade permitted the development of high caliber architecture. She had a mortuary complex built at Deir el-Bahri near the entrance of the Valley of the Kings.
In official portraiture, Hatshepsut wears the kingly insignia—like the false beard. After her death, there was a deliberate attempt to remove her image from monuments.