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

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

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

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.

Sometime before Year 6 of Thutmose III’s reign, archaeological evidence suggests there was a catastrophic flood in this tomb after which the contents were moved to a second tomb.

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.

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 ...