Quartzite tablet (left) with Hatshepsut cartouche; temple blocks (center and right) with bas-reliefs Extensive remnants of one of the temples commissioned by the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (reigned ca.

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“Queen of Versailles” Jackie Siegel has shared her kids’ hilarious response to seeing the new musical based on their mom’s life. “I feel like I died and went to heaven,” she said. “In fact, when my ...

Hatshepsut rose to become one of Egypt’s most successful rulers, overseeing trade expeditions, monumental temples, and a flourishing empire. Her reign and later attempted erasure reveal the political ...

“Queen of Versailles” Jackie Siegel has shared her kids’ hilarious response to seeing the new musical based on their mom’s life. The Queen of Versailles — which shares a name with the 2012 documentary ...

From afar, the Grand Egyptian Museum looks like a curtain made of tiny glass pyramids. The alabaster-and-glass façade stretches through the Giza desert and lends the real pyramids a dramatic new frame ...

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Cast members of The Snow Queen transform into a menagerie of characters such as crows, reindeer, and bandits in The Snow Queen. (Photo courtesy of The Wilma Theater) Act One. Scene One: A step creaks.