[Talking_Mouse]

Thank you so much for posting this very interesting article. I had been taught the prevailing wisdom of the time that Hatshepsut was an evil usurper.

However to learn that her reign was long and prosperous, that she did not keep Thutmose III imprisoned at the palace, but had him learning to be a soldier (which he later showed he learned very well), and that he did not start "erasing" her until the end of his reign is fascinating.

There are two quotes that help tie this together for me. The first being the one explaining why Thutmose III may have "erased" her:
But Dorman suggests that Hatshepsut's unconventional reign may have been too successful, a dangerous precedent "best erased," he writes in the catalog, "to prevent the possibility of another powerful female ever inserting herself into the long line of Egyptian male kings."

The second being why schools may have for so long taught incorrectly about Hatshepsut:
But so much of what was written about Hatshepsut, I think, had to do with who the archaeologists were...gentlemen scholars of a certain generation."

[SunkenCiv]

from KMT I think:

(after William Petty)
Significant Events	Yrs from death of Thutmose I	Regnal Year of Thutmose II	Regnal Year of Hatshepsut	Regnal Year of Thutmose III
Thutmose II assumes the throne	1	1
	2	2
Mortuary temple inscriptions	3	3
	4	4
Thutmose II dies, Thutmose II assumes the throne	5	5		1
Dedication inscription at Semma	6			2
Hatshepsut assumes full titulary Senenmut's tomb started	7		7	3
Donation stele of Senenmut	8		8	4
Punt expedition, Sinai Stela, Useramen appointed vizier, counting from the accession of Thutmose III ceases	9		9	5
	10		10
	11		11
	12		12
Menkheperre & Hatshepsut depicted together	13		13	13
	14		14
Hatshepsut's obelisks begun	15		15	15
First actual joint dating	16		16	16