Years after Hatshepsut’s death, her images were systematically defaced—her name chiseled out, statues beheaded, and obelisks walled off. For over a century, historians blamed Thutmose III, calling it ...

In Year 11, Hatshepsut embarked on an arduous expedition to Serabit el-Khadim in the Sinai—a holy site dedicated to Hathor, goddess of turquoise. At 850 meters high, she climbed to the temple and ...