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After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.
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 ...
Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds. For the past 100 years, Egyptologists ...
Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were ...
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 monuments, and her reign saw great innovations in ...
Over the past 100 years, historians were left puzzled over one of ancient Egypt ’s most powerful and fascinating rulers' ...
Here’s how it works. A statue of Queen Hatshepsut of ancient Egypt, whose many statues were broken following her death in around 1458 B.C. (Image credit: KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images) ...
Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...
A statue of Queen Hatshepsut of ancient Egypt, whose many statues were broken following her death in around 1458 B.C. | Credit: KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images ...
The mysterious destruction of Queen Hatshepsut's statues reveals a fascinating mix of political motives and ancient Egyptian ...
She was one of ancient Egypt’s most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen ...