The Native Americans “Native Americans are considered an ancient civilization, as archaeological and genetic evidence shows that people have inhabited the Americas for at least 20,000 years, with their ancestors migrating across the Bering Strait land bridge from Asia, establishing diverse cultures across North and South America before European contact. Early arrival: The first Native…
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Hatshepsut, a Female Egyptian Pharaoh and How She May Have Figured into the Story of Moses
“Hatshepsut (Hat-shep-soot), the first important female ruler known to history, lived a thousand years after the pyramids were built and seventeen centuries after the Egyptians had begun writing their language in hieroglyphs. She ruled Egypt for two decades (ca. 1473–1458 B.C.) during Egypt’s Dynasty 18. Although less familiar to modern audiences than her much later successor,…