Answer the following questions.

a. Who is this?
b. Why is this work significant?
c. How does this image express power?
d. What is the medium?


A) Hatshepsut, Pharaoh. B) She is portrayed as pharaoh, a king kneeling only before the gods and never before mortals. She is also presented in the accoutrements of pharaoh. C) She is garbed as pharaoh, the image is consistent with the presentation of pharaonic power, and her kneeling posture is reinforcing her persona as pharaoh as she participates in a ritual honoring the sun god. D) Red granite.

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