The Egyptians left us mountains of evidence for Punt, none more so than Hatshepsut, whose 3,500-year-old temple at Deir el-Bahri near Thebes contains a veritable book in stone describing Punt ...

After Hatshepsut, the last known expedition to Punt occurred during the 12th century BCE under Ramses II, commonly known as Ramses the Great. A surviving papyrus describes the sailing of ships ...

Hatshepsut's successor tried to demolish all traces of her, but her temple stood the test of time. The once-grand temple offers a look at one of Egypt’s longest reigning female pharaohs.

Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of Egypt. She reigned between 1473 and 1458 B.C. Her name means “foremost of noblewomen.” Her rule was relatively peaceful and she was able to launch a building ...

The job of ruling over ancient Egypt was largely thought of as a man’s work, yet one woman had the proverbial balls to break with tradition and reign supreme during the 15th century BCE. Her ...

While the fate of Hatshepsut’s daughter, Nefrure, remains murky, Cooney contends that she probably lived longer than commonly thought. However, Nefrure — like her mother — never bore a crown prince, ...

Although many statues of Hatshepsut were intentionally broken, the reason behind their destruction has nothing to do with her gen ...

A 3300-year-old baboon skull thought to have come from Punt. The Trustees of the British Museum. According to Ancient Egyptian legends, the Land of Punt was a mysterious kingdom covered in ...

A new study challenges long-standing beliefs about Pharaoh Hatshepsut’s destroyed statues, suggesting they were ritually deactivated.

One of Hatshepsut's Punt ships setting sail, ... where they loaded them onto other ships for the journey south to the capital at Thebes.