...made her appearance as a man. This is what most of the sculptures of her look like. Image 2 shows a wall painting of Hatshepsut, and they painted her as a man. Another example of a Pharaoh changing their appearance of gender for power is Akhenaten. He ruled Egypt for 17 years, and was the only Androgynous Pharaoh. Not only was he known as being Androgynous, but he also considered himself a god, and changed the religion of Egypt to make people believe that he was the most powerful His real name wasn’t Akhenaten, it was Amenhotep IV he named himself this because it means “pleasing to the Aten” and made himself his son and the high priest, which was very similar to god, and considered himself as Moses. At this time in ancient Egypt, men and women were equal, and certain traits of each gender were loved. He was often sculpted with feminine breasts and hips to represent life and fertility, and emotional strength, and the rest of his body being masculine. This brought a great advantage of being able to be someone of a higher level. Being male and female gave him great aspects of both gender, and he was praised as a god. Researchers believe that he had Marfan’s Syndrome, which causes the body to have masculine and feminine features along with a long facial and skeletal structure, but further research shows that he was completely normal, and had a very different appearance in real life. These sculptures show Akhenaten with breasts, a small belly, and a feminine hips, along with a masculine...
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