Who was Queen Hatshepsut and why was she important? Hatshepsut ruled as the pharaoh of Egypt around 3,500 years ago. Her reign was an exceptionally successful one – she was a prolific builder of ...

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Around Deir al-Bahari, the famous mortuary temple in Luxor, Egypt, a number of new discoveries were made. The temple was built by Hatshepsut, a woman who ruled Egypt as a pharaoh. A team of ...

A long-standing theory about the fate of Queen Hatshepsut's statues has been upended by a new study. For decades, Egyptologists believed that Thutmose III, Hatshepsut's nephew and successor, ordered ...

For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor went on a vendetta against her, purposefully smashing all her statues to ...

View post: Travis Kelce Reveals the Best Gift He's Ever Given Taylor Swift The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...

As pharaoh, Hatshepsut (reigned from c1479 - 1458 BC)was different - she was a woman. Customarily Egyptian culture restricted kingship to men, but Hatshepsut's determination and cunning silenced her ...

~ Hatshepsut ruled for 20 years in the 15th century B.C., dressing like a man and wearing a fake beard. CAIRO, Egypt -- The long-overlooked mummy of an obese woman, who likely suffered from diabetes ...

Hatshepsut and her sister Nefrubity were born to Pharaoh Thutmose I and Queen Ahmose. Her father expanded the territories of Syria and Nubia under Egyptian rule. When Hatshepsut was 12 years of age, ...

CAIRO — Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years. They were unearthed at the causeway of Pharaoh ...

After years of restoration, archaeologists at an iconic 3,400-year-old temple in Luxor opened two more chambers to the public, photos show. Photo from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology at ...

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, head of Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities & Heritage, speaks Wednesday at a recently discovered ancient rock-cut tomb at the causeway of Pharaoh Hatshepsut's ...