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“Now my heart turns to and fro, in thinking what will the people say, they who shall see my monument in after years, and shall speak of what I have done.”

Source: Obelisk inscription, Temple of Amun, Karnak, c. 1463 BCE (trans. Miriam Lichtheim, 1976, p. 27)

Context Carved on the base of her granite obelisk at Karnak, still standing; the queen speaks to future viewers of her monument.

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HatshepsutEgypt · c. 1507–1458 BC
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