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Hatshepsut as Osiris

Pharaoh Hatshepsut Depicted as the God Osiris

From Jone Johnson Lewis, About.com

At her temple in Deir el-Bahri, the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut is depicted as the god Osiris. The Egyptians believed that a Pharaoh became Osiris at his death.
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