Scholars have long believed that Hatshepsut’s spiteful successor wanted to destroy every image of her, but the truth may be ...

Yi Wong from the University of Toronto analysed broken statues of the pharaoh Hatshepsut and found that—contrary to some ...

For the past 100 years, Egyptologists thought that when the powerful female pharaoh Hatshepsut died, her nephew and successor ...

Research suggests the destruction of her statues "were perhaps driven by ritual necessity rather than outright antipathy." ...

We know surprisingly little about the lives of children in ancient Egypt. And what records we do have about them often ...

Egyptologists have long claimed the statuary of Hatshepsut in Luxor was wantonly destroyed, it may have been "ritually deactivated" instead.

Vacheron Constantin and the Met join forces for a residency where centuries-old craft meets contemporary experimentation.

Explore the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the largest museum in the US, with its vast collection spanning ancient artifacts, ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, ... The Egyptian Collection showcases the tomb of Perneb (circa 2440 B.C.) and the exquisite Temple of Dendur (circa 23-10 B.C.).

For a long time, the image of Pharaoh Hatshepsut has been linked to the idea of a damnatio memoriae, a deliberate attempt to ...

The award-winning filmmaker captures the emotional and cultural landscapes of 12 African nations, offering an immersive journey into the museum’s new African Art galleries.