The next known female pharaoh was Neferusobek and then Hatshepsut, who ruled about 500 years after Neferusobek. Read next BI Tech Memo An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down.

Egypt would see another female rule for another 1,000 years. The next known female pharaoh was Neferusobek and then Hatshepsut, who ruled about 500 years after Neferusobek.

Neferusobek doesn't have the name recognition of Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, but she may have been the first woman to rule the ancient kingdom. A headless bust of Neferusobek depicts the female king ...

Her examination of female power profiles six ancient leaders—Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut, Nefertiti, Tawosret, and Cleopatra—and the existing power structure that enabled them to rule ...

Cleopatra may be remembered as a femme fatale linked with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; Neferusobek as the first woman to take official title as King; and Nefertiti for her and her husband's ...

Neferusobek was the first woman to definitively take the title of King. Nefertiti is known more for her beauty than for bringing a fractured Egypt together. What can we learn from how these women ...

She was the first woman to become pharaoh of Egypt. You may have also seen her name written as Sebeknefru. Some call her Neferusobek. Many others know her simply as the Crocodile Queen of Egypt. Why ...

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The best known are Cleopatra and Nefertiti, but before them, Merneith, Neferusobek, Hatshepsut and later Tawosret had shorter shots at running the show. Kara goes into as much detail as Egyptian ...

Queens like Nefertiti, Cleopatra, Tawosret, Hatshepsut, Merneith & Neferusobek. Cooney, by mentioning the biographical account of these Egyptians Pharaohs, answers how each was able to come to ...