Restoration work on the newly discovered artefacts, near the Queen Hatshepsut Valley Temple in Deir El-Bahari in Luxor CAIRO (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation ...
Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only a handful of women successfully coming to power. One of them was ...
Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (who was believed to have descended from Amon-Re), the Temple of Hatshepsut stands out for its grand architecture and ...
Archaeologists and restoration specialists began the painstaking work at Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari in Luxor, only to uncover remarkable evidence of ancient Egyptian artistic ...
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 ...
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CAIRO, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation wall of pharaonic Queen Hatshepsut's valley temple in Luxor and the nearby tomb of Queen Teti Sheri, ...