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 ...

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

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

Queen Hatshepsut ruled Egypt roughly 3,500 years ago, taking over following the death of her husband Thutmose II.

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 ...

Mamdani’s progressive platform, focused on addressing affordability in one of the world’s most expensive cities resonated ...

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

A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III.

Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some ...