Queen Hatshepsut
The death of Queen Hatshepsut remains a mystery to date. This queen dressed like men to win their support. On her death the successor, also her nephew Thutmose III removed all of her remnants. Her body remnants and her tomb have until now not yet identified and it remains a mystery. Various theories explain her likely cause of death.
The first theory that links the death of Queen Hatshepsut is assassination. The person that is accused or linked to her disappearance was Thutmose III who succeeded her when she disappeared. This is because; Thutmose III felt that Queen Hatshepsut was taking his rightful inheritance of becoming king because at that moment he was still young. Therefore, when Thutmose III came of age, the option he chose to reclaim his throne was to assassinate Queen Hatshepsut. The second reason that supports this school of thought is the way he begun his reign (Hatshepsut, 2012). He did not want to associate with his aunts and therefore he removed all of them in the palace. He also removed all the representations and remnants of Queen Hatshepsut.
The second theory explaining this mysterious death of Queen Hatshepsut is through a lotion she applied on her body. The lotion had a cancer causing tar that has been proved to cause cancer. Scientists advanced this theory from the University of Bonn findings who carried out tests on contents in a flask in the University of Egypt museum (Agence France-Presse, 2013). The flask had an inscription that indicated that it belonged to Hatshepsut. The contents contained various ingredients such as nutmeg oil, palm, polyunsaturated fats, carcinogenic hydrocarbon and benzopyrene. Benzopyrene is a dangerous substance according to the scientists.
Of these two theories, the later is more convincing because, scientific research indicates that the contents in the flask were harmful and caused cancer. Therefore, because the flask belonged to Queen Hatshepsut, that is enough evidence to help in giving preludes of her death death.
References
Agence France-Presse. (2013). German scientists trace Hatshepsut’s cause of death… 3,500 years later. Retrieved from: http://www.interaksyon.com/article/11347/german-scientists- trace-hatshepsuts-cause-of-death—-3500-years-later
Hatshepsut, (2012). Biography. Retrieved from: http://www.biography.com/people/hatshepsut- 9331094
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