Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...
Hatshepsut's successor tried to demolish all traces of her, but her temple stood the test of time. The once-grand temple offers a look at one of Egypt’s longest reigning female pharaohs. Sheltered by ...
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 ...
The ministry of antiquities said the discovery of the tomb of Thutmose II, whose wife, Hatshepsut, took the throne after his death, was the first excavation of a royal tomb near the Valley of the ...
The first royal tomb discovered in over a century is shedding new light on the pharaoh who ruled before Hatshepsut. Reading time 2 minutes A joint Egyptian-British archaeological project near Luxor ...
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 ...
The destruction of statues of the ancient Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut may not after all have been part of a campaign of retribution by her nephew and successor, King Thutmose III, archaeologists have ...
Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For the past ...
~ 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 ...
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The name of Thutmose II is seen on ceramics found at the burial site — a discovery that enabled ...
Archaeologists recently unearthed an amazing trove of more than 1,500 intricate and colorful decorative stone blocks from Queen Hatshepsut’s valley temple near Luxor’s Deir al‑Bahari. The blocks date ...
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 ...