Trending News: A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III. Research suggests many sta ...

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

After Years of Delays, Egypt’s Most Ambitious Museum Project Finally Opens This Year—Here’s a Look Inside Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than ...

Hatshepsut was an early pioneer of 'girl power', taking on the male pharaohs at their own game 3,500 years ago in ancient Egypt, a new study shows.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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.

Archaeologists made the discovery of the tomb which is the first of its kind due to the fact that it dates back nearly 4,000 years and contains the remains of 11 people ...

The bodies were found placed side by side, heads facing alternating directions-a chilling setup discovered by the South Asasif Conservation Project team ... discovery transpired adjacent to the Temple ...