There was only one known military expedition to Nubia which was rather small, but quite successful (“Hatshepsut” Britannica). He focused more on trade and restoring Europe during his time under the control of Middle Kingdom Egypt. Some scholars believe this may have been because he could not trust the army. If Hatshepsut led a conquest and lost, she would clearly be the scapegoat simply because of her gender, but if she won, that might require more conquests and victories. He probably felt that the whole issue of the military takeover was best avoided (Ray 27). The queen decided that the best way to keep the military busy was to send them to the distant land of Punt for trading purposes. The land is suspected to be located near the coast of East Africa, just beyond the southern end of the Red Sea. There gold, ebony, animal skins, baboons, processed myrrh, and living myrrh trees to plant around her temple were brought back to the kingdom ("Hatshepsut" Britannica). He also wanted to restore Egypt's beautiful temples and statues. It was quite successful and ended up making the country look truly breathtaking. Hatshepsut also had her father's tomb enlarged to connect to her own. Her greatest architectural achievement was her temple at Deir el-Bahri just across the Valley of the Kings where she was buried (Backman 47). She had too