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

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

Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new study presents a different narrative ...

Archaeologist Jun Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by Thutmose III.

Analysis - After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by Thutmose III, her ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) After the Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut died around 1458 BCE, many statues of her were destroyed. Archaeologists believed that they were targeted in an act of revenge by ...

Because the statues were found in fragments, early archaeologists assumed that they must have been broken up violently, perhaps due to Thutmose III’s animosity towards Hatshepsut. For instance ...

Reassembling the statue fragments of Hatshepsut. Credit: Harry Burton / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives (M10C 58) The idea that Thutmose III ordered a violent and ...

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 ...

According to Archaeology Magazine, the finding is "rewriting the traditional explanation of the damaged statues" that gave tribute to one ... is believed to have been targeted for violent destruction ...