But her memory lives on in the record as a legendary female pharaoh. Wu Zetian, also known as Wu Zhou, was educated – a rare thing for girls at the time – and cunning. After coming to power ...

Upon his death, his wife Hatshepsut became the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty – and arguably one of the most famous and successful female rulers of all time. As the successor of Thutmose I ...