The premiere of a Smithsonian Channel documentary unveiled the discovery of Princess Hatshepsut’s burial from a 4,000-year-old unknown pyramid.

The first female pharaoh for whom there is definitive evidence was Sobekneferu, who held the title of king of Egypt from 1760 ...

But her memory lives on in the record as a legendary female pharaoh. Wu Zetian, also known as Wu Zhou, was educated – a rare thing for girls at the time – and cunning. After coming to power ...

1925 at Thebes) of statues he unearthed of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Numerous colossal statues of the pharaoh once adorned the terraces of her temple at ...