Ritual ‘retirement’ rather than family feud might explain why so many figures of the female pharaoh are broken and cracked.

A broken tooth has ended the search for Queen Hatshepsut, ... and mummies from her family. ... Seven-year-old girl dies after tree falls in Southend park. Liz Perkins 28 Jun 2025, ...

Hatshepsut declared herself pharaoh, ruling as a man would for over 20 years and portraying herself in statues and paintings with a male body and false beard.

The mummy of Queen Hatshepsut was not found in a newly discovered tomb. It was actually found more than 100 years ago - an overweight woman lying on the floor in somebody else's tomb, ...