Actress Hanan Motawie has been cast as Queen Hatshepsut in a new play titled 'Hatshepsut: Throne and Love', coming soon to ...

From the iconic pyramids of Giza to the ancient temples lining the Nile River, a cruise through Egypt offers an unforgettable deep dive into one of the world’s oldest and most awe-inspiring ...

Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were destroyed as an act of defilement, indicating Hatshepsut was treated ...

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

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

Egyptologists have long claimed the statuary of Hatshepsut in Luxor was wantonly destroyed, it may have been "ritually deactivated" instead.

Rather, Hatshepsut's statues were broken to "deactivate" them and eliminate their supposed supernatural powers, according to a study published Tuesday (June 24) in the journal Antiquity.

A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III. Research suggests many statues underwent ritual deactivation, a common ...

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 ...

This phenomenon of deactivation was not exclusive to Hatshepsut, as in Egyptian tradition, statues of earlier rulers — even those of male pharaohs — were subjected to similar processes to nullify ...