After Hatshepsut's death, Thutmose III destroyed or defaced her monuments, erased many of her inscriptions, and built a wall around her obelisks. Thutmose III did this to take credit for all of Queen Hatshepsut's work in the 22 years she reigned. Women were unlikely to become kings, and Thutmose III treated all of her work as if it were his job. Although past Egyptologists believed that it was simply the queen's ambition that drove her, more recent scholars have suggested that the move may have been due to a political crisis, such as a threat from another branch of the royal family, and that Hatshepsut she may have been acting to save the throne for her stepson. Hatshepsut was only the third woman to become pharaoh in ancient Egypt's 3,000-year history and the first to gain the full power of the office. Cleopatra, who also exercised such power, would rule some 14 centuries later. There have been rumors and stories that Thutmose III wanted to prevail over Queen Hatshepsut's reign. It was actually his kingdom, but Thutmose III was a child and could not rule Egypt. Thutmose I and Ahmose ruled Egypt, and was the mother and father of Hatshepsut. As they said at the time, Queen Hatshepsut was the first woman to become king of Egypt. He ruled for over 22 years of reign in peace. She was married to Thutmose II and had