Hatshepsut rose from royal daughter to one of Egypt’s most successful pharaohs, ruling for over two decades during a period ...

As pharaoh, Hatshepsut (reigned from c1479 - 1458 BC)was different - she was a woman. Customarily Egyptian culture restricted kingship to men, but Hatshepsut's determination and cunning silenced her ...

Deep inside Hatshepsut’s temple, her architect Senenmut left a secret: a tiny, crudely carved image of himself worshipping her cartouche, hidden behind a wooden door. He littered the temple with over ...

An archaeologist reveals evidence hinting at Queen Hatshepsut's alleged affair with a local 3,500 years on in The Nile: Egypt's Great River With Bettany Hughes. In the Channel 5 documentary, the ...

STORY: Archeologists have uncovered more than 1,000 decorated stone blocks from the foundation of an 18th dynasty pharaonic queen's valley temple in Luxor. Queen Hatshepsut died in about 1458 B.C. and ...

A mystery surrounding one of the most powerful women in history is slowly unfolding, as it appears that the mummy of Egypt’s Queen Hatshepsut has been found, closing a 3,400 year-old cold case.

Who was Queen Hatshepsut and why was she important? Hatshepsut ruled as the pharaoh of Egypt around 3,500 years ago. Her reign was an exceptionally successful one – she was a prolific builder of ...

In a surprise discovery, a rare depiction of Hatshepsut, one of the five female pharaohs that ruled over Egypt centuries ago, has been spotted on an artifact, which had been locked away in storage for ...

Everybody’s heard of King Tut, mainly because looters overlooked his tomb for three millennia. Yet many more leaders of ancient Egypt are worthy of notice—not the least of whom is Hatshepsut, Egypt's ...

A broken tooth has ended the search for Queen Hatshepsut, the most famous queen to rule ancient Egypt, revealing a 50 year old woman with pendulous breasts and rotten teeth who died of cancer. Zahi ...