After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids.

Tutankhamun's treasures, registered at the Egyptian Museum on Cairo's Tahrir square in 1934, have long been its crown jewels. But the neoclassical building — with faded cases, no climate control ...

After nearly a century in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, King Tutankhamun's iconic gold mask and remaining treasures are set to move to the new Grand Egyptian Museum near the Giza Pyramids. Still ...

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Some of the female pharaoh's statues were "ritually deactivated," a new study finds. For the past 100 years, Egyptologists ...

Ancient Egyptian ruler Hatshepsut has gained iconic status in the modern day for her role as one of Egypt's greatest rulers and one of its few female pharaohs, but she also incurred political ...

A new study challenges long-standing beliefs about Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s destroyed statues, suggesting they were ritually deactivated.

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) ...

Rather, Hatshepsut's statues were broken to "deactivate" them and eliminate their supposed supernatural powers, according to a study published Tuesday (June 24) in the journal Antiquity.

Following Hatshepsut’s death in 1458 B.C.E., Thutmose III, her nephew and successor, launched a systematic program of erasure, smashing her statues and chiseling her name from temple walls.

For years, the story seemed straightforward: Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt’s most powerful and fascinating rulers, was posthumously erased by her successor, Thutmose III.

After the death of ancient-Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in around 1458 bc, her successor and nephew, Thutmose III, ordered the destruction of her name and image from temples. Did the new king hate ...