Queen Hatshepsut was a daughter of King Thutmose I and chief royal wife of King Thutmose II. Following her husband’s death, she first acted as regent to his son Thutmose III. Then, she assumed the position of a king by asserting her direct royal lineage to her father King Thutmose I and her mother Queen Ahmose. Hatshepsut’s statuary first reflected feminine features, but these were later replaced by increasingly masculinized features. This statue reflects a unique combination of feminine traits with masculine royal symbols, like the false beard, the nemes headcloth and the kilt. It was discovered in 1928 at her mortuary temple at Deir-el-Bahri in West Thebes (Luxor). The queen stands with her arms extended on her kilt in a devotional pose already seen in Middle Kingdom statuary.