How many Egyptian pharaohs were female? While they were a minority of the people who ruled in ancient Egypt, there were more female pharaohs than most people imagine. The challenge is that they are ...

Hatshepsut was the fifth pharaoh of the Eighteenth ... identified as an extremely rare depiction of one of Egypt's few female pharaohs. The relief sculpture was discovered at Swansea University's ...

Archaeologists working in Luxor, Egypt, recently made several discoveries in the area around Deir al-Bahari (also spelled ...

It was built by Hatsheput, a female pharaoh who reigned from around 1473 to 1458 B.C, during the 18th dynasty. She was also the stepmother of Thutmose III, who severed as co-ruler at times and ...

A mummy was publicly identified as Hatshepsut in 2007 ... wins a spot in our top trumps of formidable queens. The only female pharaoh before her was Sobekneferu, who ruled for four years during ...

Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (who was believed to have descended from Amon-Re), the Temple of Hatshepsut stands out for its grand architecture ...

(Hamada Elrasam/VOA) 2 Inside the 3,500-year-old funerary temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass says his team’s new findings reveal that Egypt’s first female pharaoh ...