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Queen Hatshepsut

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The ten most significant discoveries in the past 20 years

How exactly was the Great Pyramid built

Monumental Shift

Tackling an ages-old puzzle, a French architect offers a new theory on how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid at Giza

Archaeologists assumed that the great temple had been stripped of all statues

Unearthing Egypt's Greatest Temple

Discovering the grandeur of the monument built 3,400 years ago

Egypt in the Smithsonian Archives

Egyptian queen Cleopatra
Numerous colossal statues of the pharaoh once adorned the terraces of her temple at Deir el-Bahri. In the one above, Hatshepsut is depicted wearing the tall white crown of Upper Egypt.
  • The Queen Who Would Be King
    Mummy dearest? Recent scholarship is changing thinking about female pharaoh Hatshepsut, whom Egyptologists once called "the vilest type of usurper."
The entrance to the newfound tomb was hidden for more than 3,000 years beneath the remains of ancient workmen
  • A Mystery Fit For A Pharaoh
    The first tomb to be discovered in the Valley of the Kings since King Tut's is raising new questions for archaeologists about ancient Egypt's burial practices.
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