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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient inscribed stone blocks containing information about Egypt's long-lost and first female pharaoh Queen Hatshepsut — who ...

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.

The recent premiere of the documentary The Mystery of the Lost Pyramid on the Smithsonian Channel has unveiled an ...

How did you become interested in Hatshepsut? I live right near the Metropolitan Museum in New York—it's only two blocks away—and they have long owned an enormous collection of materials from ...

After reconstruction, the limestone chapel of queen Hatshepsut will be put on display for the first time at Karnak Temples' open air museum At the end of February visitors to Karnak Temples will be ...

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 ...