Thebes, Royal Palace, six months later
The son of Thutmose II and Iset, by the will of the gods, in honor of his father and his grandfather, received the name Thutmose, to be known as Thutmose III. He was a beautiful and healthy child. At six months old, he was already able to sit all by himself when the Great Royal Husband of Hatshepsut was escorted to the birthplace by the priestesses. Hatshepsut’s moment had arrived.
Like her mother, grandmother, and other women of the family who gave birth to Pharaoh’s children, she ordered a new birthing chair be built for her use. The shape of the chair was invented long ago by Merit Ptah, a doctor to Egyptian women. She designed one especially for the then Pharaoh’s wife, and since then the women had used this useful creation when giving birth.
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