A recent study challenges the long-held belief that Queen Hatshepsut's statues were destroyed out of spite by Thutmose III.

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

It was believed Queen Hatshepsut's successor waged a personal vendetta against her upon her death but the dismantling of her ...

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