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Djeser-Djeseru is the main building of Hatshepsut's mortuary temple complex at Deir al-Bahri. Designed by Senemut, her vizier, the building is an example of perfect symmetry that predates the Parthenon, and it...

Egyptian pharaoh Hatshepsut (r. 1479-1458 BCE) visits the ruined temple of Speos Artemidos. Illustration by Marek Szyszko.

This image shows three painted heads of the female pharaoh Maatkare Hatshepsut, each originally part of a full-body osiride statue. Here, the female pharaoh appears as the god Osiris (presumably in mummified form), with...

This limestone and plaster piece depicts the female pharaoh Maatkare Hatshepsut as a sphinx. She has the body and mane of a lion, with the head of a human. Carved between the paws of the statue is a cartouche enclosing...

Tomb of Hatshepsut (1479-1458 BCE), Valley of the Kings, KV60.

In this lecture, Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at Manchester Museum, explores the life and legacy of Hatshepsut, one of ancient Egypt's most extraordinary rulers. Known...

Anne Boleyn (c. 1501-1536) was the second wife of Henry VIII of England (r. 1509-1547). Anne, sometimes known as 'Anne of a Thousand Days' in reference to her short reign as queen, was accused of adultery and executed in the Tower...

Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (l. c. 1532-1588), was a high-ranking courtier who rose to become a favourite of Elizabeth I of England (r. 1558-1603). Rumours abounded that Dudley sought to marry the queen...

Hatshepsut leads a regency council to set the date for the coronation of Thutmose III. After four years of consultations with the oracles, the priests announce that Hatshepsut is to be Pharoah of...

The Temple of Queen Hatshepsut of Egypt at Deir al-Bahri, Thebes, Egypt