Hatshepsut (reigned 1498-1483 B.C.):
HatshepsutShe was the fifth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. According to the Egyptologist and the historians, she was one of the most successful pharaohs. She reigned longer than any other women of the Egyptian dynasty. On death of her husband she was appointed as the ruler of Egypt, until her stepson Thutmose III was old enough to take the charge. But she was very ambitious and had crowned herself as the pharaoh of the Egypt. The walls of her temple at Deir el-Bahri, show the exotic tips of her famous trading expeditions in the land of Punt.