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.

An archaeologist has studied broken statues of Queen Hatshepsut—one of the few women to rule as an Egyptian pharaoh, 4,000 years ago—and found that they were not attacked during the ...

Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed? Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...

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 ...

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

Fragments from an indurated limestone statue of Hatshepsut (approximately life size). Credit: Harry Burton / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art Archives (M10C 71) But recent ...

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.

During Hatshepsut's reign, she was often represented in art and statues as male, in accordance with tradition.

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

The shattered statues of Queen Hatshepsut: the reasons for the wreckage Ritual ‘retirement’ rather than family feud might explain why so many figures of the female pharaoh are broken and cracked.