When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...

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

Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...

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

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be more nuanced.

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

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

Following Hatshepsut’s death in 1458 B.C.E., Thutmose III, her nephew and successor, launched a systematic program of erasure, smashing her statues and chiseling her name from temple walls.

The fact that the statues of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri were deactivated normally while statues of her at other sites were more violently attacked suggests that Thutmose III may have felt that he ...

Thutmose III (unknown-ca 1426 B.C.) wasted no time making a name for himself, ... A statue of Thutmose III in the Luxor museum. Photograph by Richard Nowitz, Nat Geo Image Collection.

This damage has traditionally been seen as a violent act of retribution carried out by her nephew and successor, Thutmose III. However, many of the statues survived in relatively good condition ...

Thutmose III "would have been influenced by political considerations — such as whether Hatshepsut's reign was detrimental to his legacy as a pharaoh," Wong said. Ancient Egypt quiz : Test your ...