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Rivals Wanted To Erase This Great Female Pharaoh From History, But Is That The Whole Story?
When Egyptologists excavated the site of Deir el-Bahri in Luxor in the 1920s, they were shocked to find that the statues of ...
Study probes motive behind destruction of Queen Hatshepsut statues
Yi Wong re-examines the destruction of Hatshepsut's statues, suggesting ritualistic deactivation rather than revenge by ...
Major Finding on Beloved Egyptian Queen Rewrites History
The Egyptian queen Hatshepsut is a beloved figure in global history because she was a powerful female pharaoh, which was ...
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Mystery of ancient Egypt's female pharaoh solved after 100 years
When Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's only two female rulers, died, it was widely believed that her nephew, Thutmose ...
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Egypt: Queen Hatshepsut's Statues Were Destroyed in Ancient Egypt - New Study Challenges the Revenge Theory
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 ...
Travel: Discovering Egypt by river, from pharoahs to pyramids
Stepping up to the table, the tourist squinted to make out what lay underneath the dusty glass top. “ANCIENT EGYPTIAN GAME, ...
Queen Hatshepsut’s statues were destroyed in ancient Egypt – new study challenges the revenge theory
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...