Message #272822

[Danaus]

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"Queen Hatshepsut, wife of Thutmose II, was ordered by the god to strike among the Tehenu,82 but it is highly probable that this divine order was recorded after its fulfilment. 83 This queen claimed that her empire extended from the third cataract on the Nile to the Euphrates. She announced her frontiers, saying: 'My western boundary is as far away as the mountain of Manu[the sun-set]... my fame is among the sand-dwellers altogether .... I brought the tribute of Tehenu[Libya], consisting of ivory and seven hundred tusks which were there, numerous panther skins....'84"