Egyptian and British archaeologists have discovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II near the West Bank of the Nile River in Egypt. It's the first such royal tomb discovery since 1922.

After Thutmose II’s death around 1479 BCE, his infant son, Thutmose III, inherited the throne—but true power rested in the hands of Hatshepsut, the boy’s stepmother and aunt.

Meanwhile, statues that were confirmed to have been damaged during Thutmose III's reign were destroyed specifically by breaking them across weak points: specifically, the neck, waist and knees.

Hatshepsut, known by her royal Horus name Ma’at-ka-re, which translates to “Goddess of Truth is the life force of the Sun God,” was born in 1507 BCE as the daughter of Pharaoh Thutmose I and ...

During the ninth archaeological field season, which started in September, the joint Spanish-Egyptian mission at the Temple of Millions of Years of Thutmose III, at Al-Deir Al-Bahari on Luxor's ...

He said there is no doubt Thutmose III worked to eliminate evidence of Hatshepsut's achievements, but his efforts were "perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy," Wong said.

As the sixth pharaoh of Egypt’s 18th dynasty, Thutmose III battled to reestablish Egyptian rule of Syria and Palestine, creating Egypt’s largest dynasty up to that point. He died in 426 BC.

Researchers dated the building to the reign of 18th-Dynasty pharaoh Thutmose III, who ruled between 1479 and 1425 B.C.E. Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities ...

"The scarab [beetle] represents Pharaoh Thutmose III (1481-1425 BC) seated on throne, and before him is a symbol depicting his name in hieroglyphics," curator of Egyptian archaeology at the Israel ...