Just as astonishing are the statues of Senenmut, Hatshepsut’s chancellor and royal tutor to the queen’s daughter, Neferure. Some depict him, in a traditional mother-and-child format, seated or ...

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. As a sphinx, Hatshepsut displays a ...

She was one of ancient Egypt's first female pharaohs. A statue of Hatshepsut depicts her with a lion's mane and pharaoh's beard. Photograph by KENNETH GARRETT, Nat Geo Image Collection Today ...