This exhibition is on at the Met this summer. Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh. March 28, 2006–July 9, 2006 at the Special Exhibition Galleries, The Tisch Galleries, 2nd floor.

Hatshepsut, the great female pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty, ruled for two decades—first as regent for, then as co-ruler with, her nephew Thutmose III (ca. 1479–1458 B.C.). During her reign, at the beginning of the New Kingdom, trade relations were being re-established with western Asia to the east and were extended to the land of Punt far to the south as well as to the Aegean Islands in the north. The prosperity of this time was reflected in the art, which is marked by innovations in sculpture, decorative arts, and such architectural marvels as Hatshepsut’s mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri.

In this exhibition, the Metropolitan’s own extensive holdings of objects excavated by the Museum’s Egyptian Expedition in the 1920s and 1930s are supplemented by loans from other American and European museums, as well as by select loans from Cairo.

Relief Depicting Running Soldiers, early Dynasty 18; joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1479–1458 B.C.)
Painted limestone; H. 12 1/4 in. (31 cm), W. 16 3/8 in. (41.5 cm)

Four Seal Amulets, One in a Ring (bases), early Dynasty 18; reign of Thutmose III (1479–1425 B.C.)
Glazed steatite, gold. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Pair of Beaded Penannular Earrings, early Dynasty 18 (1550–1425 B.C.)
Gold, lapis lazuli; Diam. 3/4–7/8 in. (1.9–2 cm), Th. 1/4 in. (0.7 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

Middle pair: Pair of Earrings for a Queen, early Dynasty 18; reign of Thutmose III (1479–1425 B.C.)
Gold; Diam. 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm), Th. 3/4–7/8 in. (1.9–2 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Fletcher Fund, 1926.

Pair of Ribbed Penannular Earrings, early Dynasty 18 (1550–1425 B.C.)
Gold; Diam. 3/4 in. (1.8 cm), Th. 3/8 in. (0.8 cm)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926

The link to the Hatshepsut exhibition page of the Metroplitan Museum of Modern Art is here.
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