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Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...
Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...
For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor ...
Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some ...
A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III.
A long-standing theory about the fate of Queen Hatshepsut's statues has been upended by a new study. For decades, ...
Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...
Why Were Ancient Statues of This Egyptian Female Pharaoh Destroyed? 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. (Image credit: KHALED DESOUKI via Getty Images) ...
Egyptologists have long claimed the statuary of Hatshepsut in Luxor was wantonly destroyed, it may have been "ritually ...
A new study challenges long-standing beliefs about Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s destroyed statues, suggesting they were ritually deactivated.
Re-assessment of damaged statues depicting the famous female pharaoh Hatshepsut questions the prevailing view that they were ...