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Hatshepsut Wearing the White Crown

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Hatshepsut Wearing the White Crown, Early 18th Dynasty, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1479-1458 B.C.)

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Hatshepsut Wearing the White Crown, Early 18th Dynasty, joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III (1479-1458 B.C.).
Granite.
H. 285 cm (9 ft. 4 in.), W 78 cm (31 1/8 in.),
D 142 cm (55 7/8 in.).
Rogers Fund, 1930 (30.3.1).
The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

From her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri, Hatshepsut wears the White Crown of Upper Egypt, depicted kneeling with two jars in her hands.
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