Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds. For the past 100 years, Egyptologists ...

Following Hatshepsut’s death in 1458 B.C.E., Thutmose III, her nephew and successor, launched a systematic program of erasure, smashing her statues and chiseling her name from temple walls.

During Hatshepsut's reign, she was often represented in art and statues as male, in accordance with tradition. Art and creativity flourished under her rule, with the Deir el-Bahri complex built ...

A CT scan and DNA analysis show that a mummy housed in the Cairo Museum is Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago, according to Egypt's antiquities chief. But other experts cast doubt ...

Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed? Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

Hatshepsut died in 1458 B.C.E. and was buried in the Valley of the Kings. Although she went to great lengths to be remembered after her death, Thutmose III carried out a sweeping campaign to ...

Egyptian Mummy Identified as Legendary Hatshepsut. admin June 29, 2007. Get our newsletter! Get ... She was recently the subject of a blockbuster exhibit at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.