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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 ...
A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...
Siraj-ud-Daulah’s defeat in the Battle of Plassey was followed by the tragic deaths of all those who plotted his downfall ...
Near the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...
When archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...
Brown reportedly noticed an unnatural section of rock on a cliff face, which gave way to a cave “that curved downward into the mountain,” Frank wrote. After days of exploring and cataloging, Brown ...
This summer is shaping up to be a colorful one, especially at your local library. This year’s Summer Reading program is ...
Shattered depictions of Hatshepsut have long thought to be products of her successor’s violent hatred towards her, but a new ...
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Hatshepsut was an early pioneer of 'girl power', taking on the male pharaohs at their own game 3,500 years ago in ancient ...
The destruction of statues of the ancient Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut may not after all have been part of a campaign of ...