Hatshepsut

She was competent as hell

They tried to wipe her from the books

As far as we can tell

A pharaoh

You should know

She really held it down

Oh just because she kept the peace

She don’t deserve renown?

Hatshepsut

Oh you haven’t heard?

She stepped up and ruled Egypt

And raised Thutmose the Third

A queen

A king

Depends which glyphs you’ve seen

But by and large

She sure took charge

And really nailed the thing

Hatshepsut

A funny claim to fame?

Her husband, dad, and kinda son

They all had the same name!

A pharaoh

Who narrowly

Missed her chance to rule

But luckily the king-to-be

Was tied up with pre-school

Hatshepsut

If you’re still asking whom?

Just show’s a pharaoh’s greatness

Can’t be measured by their tomb

A queen supreme!

Yet surreptitiously interred

I should know, me and my bro

Were mummified with her

Hatshepsut!

Commit the name to memory

Because you see, regrettably

She happens to be dead and we

Can help her out enormously

Particularly spiritually

If every now and the-ish we

Could toss a kindly thought to she

Who nearly became history

Not via Egyptology

But lost for all eternity

Erased though it’s a mystery

Why anyone would possibly

Resort to such vile treachery

And so it’s with respect that we

Remember on occasion

She kicked ass