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ZME Science on MSNThe Story Behind This Female Pharaoh’s Broken Statues Is Way Weirder Than We ThoughtNear the cliffs of Luxor, where ancient temples rise from the desert, a new discovery is changing how we understand one of ...
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All That's Interesting on MSNThe Ancient Egyptians Broke Statues Of The Pharaoh Hatshepsut To Deactivate Their Supernatural Powers, New Study SaysWhen archaeologists first started unearthing statues of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut in the 1920s, they noticed ...
Other statues would have been fragmented as part of the practice of “deactivation.” Hatshepsut came to power around 1479 B.C.E., during Egypt’s 18th Dynasty , in the New Kingdom period.
A new study challenges long-standing beliefs about Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s destroyed statues, suggesting they were ritually deactivated.
Pharaoh hounds are thought to be a cross between the semidomestic dogs and jackals, ... A striking statue of the dog was found when Tutankhamen’s tomb was opened in 1922.
The huge statue found in a Cairo slum had been thought to be of famed pharaoh Ramses II. Sign in or Subscribe See Offers. Sign In: Login.
Massive Statue of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Found in Cairo. The unearthed pieces are made of quartzite and could be upwards of 3,000 years old. By Sarah Gibbens. March 10, 2017 ...
Huge Statue of Egyptian Pharaoh Discovered in Cairo It may be a likeness of Ramses II, ancient Egypt’s most powerful ruler. Brigit Katz - Correspondent. March 10, 2017. Get our newsletter!
"It was indeed used by the pharaoh as a colossal statue, but we cannot yet be sure that it wasn't an older statue he reused," Raue said. Ramesses II was the third king of Egypt's 19th dynasty.
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