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After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.
When Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's only two female rulers, died, it was widely believed that her nephew, Thutmose ...
Although many statues of Hatshepsut were intentionally broken, the reason behind their destruction has nothing to do with her ...
Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were ...
Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...
She was one of ancient Egypt's most successful rulers, a rare female pharaoh who preceded Cleopatra by 1,500 years, but Queen ...
Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some ...
Egyptologists have long claimed the statuary of Hatshepsut in Luxor was wantonly destroyed, it may have been "ritually ...
Ritual ‘retirement’ rather than family feud might explain why so many figures of the female pharaoh are broken and cracked.
Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...
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 ...