e felt up and down the Nile and, it is the work in and around Thebes, for which she is best remem-bered.The final analysis, Hatshepsut?s legacy is threefold. It impressed on her people the economic prosperity of the new regime. As absolute ruler, she had no need to pay for land, labor or materials but she did need enough money to dispense daily rations which were given in lieu of wages. Only the more affluent pharaohs could do this. Second, her domestic policies established a well-organized monarchy that could operate with the efficient bureaucracy necessary to keep order, organize and monitor foreign trade, and instigate massive building projects. Finally, it was Hatshepsut?s devotion to the god Amun, made prominent by her father and step-father, and her dedication to restoring the ancient tombs and temples, which provided the ultimate sign to her people that the kingdom was secure. It was her insistence that maat had been restored and that it must be maintained that seems to have most impressed her people and which led to support from those she needed to support her. ?God?s Wife? proved to be a faithful, submissive yet glorious partner to Amun and a great ruler of Egypt. ?Hatchsepsut, settled the affairs of the Two Lands by reason of her plans. Egypt was made to labour with bowed head for her, the excellent seed of the god, which came forth from him? (Tyldesley, 1996:99). BibliographyAldred, Cyril. Akhenaten. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968.Breasted, J. H. Ancient records of Egypt. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1906.Budge, E. A. W. Dwellers on the Nile. New York: Dover Publications, 1977.Budge, E. A. W. Egypt and Her Asiatic Empire. London, 1902.Clayton, Peter A. Chronicles of the Pharaohs. London: Thames and Hudson, 1994.Murnane, W. J. Ancient Egyptian Coregencies. Chicago, 1977.Gardiner, A. Egypt of the Pharaohs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961.Hawkes, Jacquetta. Pharaohs of Egypt. New York: American Heritage, 1965.Hayes, W. C. ...
