Archaeologists working in Luxor, Egypt, recently made several discoveries in the area around Deir al-Bahari (also spelled Deir el-Bahari and Dayr al-Baḥrī), the famous mortuary temple built by ...

Archaeologists unearthed roughly 1,500 decorated stone blocks that once made up part of Hatshepsut's valley temple. Ahmad Hasaballah / Getty Images Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only ...

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

Ramses II built more colossal statues of himself than any other pharaoh did. The largest of them once stood here, at his mortuary temple. Weighing over 1,000 tons and once standing nearly 60 feet tall ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. "After the death of Thutmose II, ...

Egyptian archaeologist Zahi Hawass, the head of the joint archaeological mission affiliated with the Zahi Hawass Center for Archaeology and Heritage has announced several new archaeological ...

For the past century, the story Egyptologists have told about Hatshepsut, a rare female pharaoh who ruled 3,500 years ago, has featured an unsavory ending. Following Hatshepsut’s death in 1458 B.C.E., ...

A number of new discoveries have been made near the mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.