When Queen Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's only two female rulers, died, it was widely believed that her nephew, Thutmose ...

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Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

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The pharaoh Ramesses II is one of the best known warrior rulers of ancient Egypt, famous for his military victories and great ...

Archaeologists in Egypt recently uncovered a once-in-a-lifetime discovery: an unknown pharaoh's tomb, dating back 3,600 years. The excavation, which was conducted near the Egyptian city of Abydos ...

Archaeologists discovered the tomb of an unknown pharaoh from a tumultuous, war-ridden era of ancient Egypt. Now they're searching for his name.

More than 4,000 years after the pyramids, Egypt’s leaders are pinning hopes on the Grand Egyptian Museum to revive national ...

Archaeologists discovered a 3,600-year-old pharaoh's tomb near Abydos, Egypt, 23 feet underground. The tomb, linked to the Abydos Dynasty, was plundered, erasing the pharaoh's name.

After her death, Hatshepsut’s names and representations such as statues were systematically erased from her monuments.

On either side of the tomb entrance, yellow bands once showed the pharaoh's name and images of the goddesses Isis and Nephthys. You can still make out the sister deities, but the name has vanished.