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 ...

In the shadow of Luxor’s sun-baked cliffs, where the Nile’s ancient whispers still echo, archaeologists have cracked open a tomb hidden for 3,500 years. Hidden beneath rubble and flood-swept silt, the ...

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.

Ancient inscribed stone blocks containing information about Egypt's long-lost and first female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut — who ruled from 1473 B.C. to 1458 B.C. — have been uncovered on Egypt's ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

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 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s enormous, glorious show “Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh” begins in the Great Hall with the Met’s own colossal pink granite “Sphinx of Hatshepsut” (c. 1472-58 B.C.E.

Archaeologists and restoration specialists began the painstaking work at Queen Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahari ...

It was a love story of sorts, a religious problem and it had a sad ending, as love stories often do. It is a tale more than 35 centuries old, older than many parts of the Bible itself, and it is worth ...