You see the thing is that after Thutmosis II death his son Thutmosis III became a king but , he was very young so his stepmother ( who has also his aunt ) Hatshepsut ruled "with" him took over everything as the pharoh of Egypt.Thutmosis III hated her and when he got older he took over as the real pharoh.[quote][/quote]

Thutmose III was a little Neoploian. Hatshepsut was crowned by her father. It was not something she just took claim to. Thutmose II was lazy and had no desire to care for his country. And yes, it is a well known fact that Thutmose III over threw Hatshepsut. What is less known is that he had her murdered along with her family and loved one's because of his jealousy, greed and pride. There are those that claim what a great warrior Thutmose III was. They did not know him and his barbaric way's. Was Napeleon great? Hatshepsut and her country lived in peace and prosperity, during her reign. Thutmose IIi turned that all around!

Interesting... As far as I know, there were no really prominent women at the time when Thutmose's son Amenhotep II succeeded. Who could have been this woman? There was a daughter of Thutmose, called Ahmose-Meritamen II, who was much older than the heir, maybe instead of marrying an infant brother she wanted to step into Hatshepsut's footsteps? Who knows...?

Here's a suggestion. I've found a family tree of the 17rh and 18th dynasty which states that Thutmosis III had a son called Amenenhet with Hatshepsut's daughter, Neferure. If this boy was the 'son' refered to in the chapel and the original heir, maybe the women mentioned was Hatshepsut-merytre, mother of Amenhotep II.

back to what we were discussing before. We have to remember that Thutmosis III was head of the army before he took the throne on the death of Hatshepsut, which is an incredibly powerful position and one I don't think he could have obtained without Hatshepsut's say-so. If she was happy to have him there and it seems he was happy to be there, I don't think he was as angry about her taking power as history has portrayed. As head of the army he could have taken power away from his stepmother in a heartbeat. Hatshepsut knew she would probably die around the time that Thutmosis III would be old enough to take power for real.

That family tree is likely to be wrong. I've met a book in which this Amenemhet is said to be Hatshepsut's son, but after we talked about it with some of my friends we realized that this is possibly the same Amenemhet who was the child of Amenhotep I. (He died at a young age.)