After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

The researchers observed that many statue fragments from Hatshepsut's mortuary temple survive with nearly intact faces. "The nearly intact faces of the statue fragments suggest th ...

Queen Hatshepsut ruled Egypt 3,500 years ago and was a rare female Pharaoh Her stepson Thutmose III systematically erased her legacy after her death New research suggests Thutmose III's motives ...

After her death, Thutmose III erased almost all remnants of Hatshepsut, including her buildings and images. Scholars didn't learn of her existence until 1822. Stories that Fuel Conversations ...

Thutmose III (unknown-ca 1426 B.C.) wasted no time making a name for himself, once he was out from under the shadow of the over-reaching regent-turned-pharaoh Hatshepsut.

Compared to his royal relatives, King Thutmose II doesn’t get much attention. Depending on the documentation, the monarch only ruled over ancient Egypt for 13 years (1493-1479 BCE) at most, and ...

The mummy of Thutmose II illustrated in the book "From Pharaoh to Fellah" in 1888. ... “However, it does tell us that he was buried by Hatshepsut and not by his son, the infant Thutmose III.

Thutmose III may have been trying to neutralize the power of his predecessor in a practical and common way, not out of malice. He also found that some of the statues depicting Hatshepsut were likely ...