Luxor. Columns and statues of Queen Hatshepsut with stick-on beard to replicate a man was the only female Pharaoh Queen in the history of Ancient Egypt at the Valley of the Queens of ancient Egypt not far from the River Nile and the Town of Luxor. Many of the statues of Queen Hatshepsut have been disfigured and vandalised most of which were carried out after her death by her step son Tuthmose III who tried to discredit her in order to gain favour for himself. Sound familiar today?

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Columns and statues of Queen Hatshepsut with stick-on beard to replicate a man was the only female Pharaoh Queen in the history of Ancient Egypt at the Valley of the Queens of ancient Egypt not far from the River Nile and the Town of Luxor. Many of the statues of Queen Hatshepsut have been disfigured and vandalised most of which were carried out after her death by her step son Tuthmose III who tried to discredit her in order to gain favour for himself. Sound familiar today?

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Size: 3989px × 6000px
Location: Luxor, Egypt
Photo credit: © Allan Hartley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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