Why did an ancient civilization try to erase a female pharaoh?
In short: Hatshepsut ruled Egypt as a powerful pharaoh during the New Kingdom, yet her legacy was systematically dismantled shortly after her death. This video investigates the deliberate destruction of her statues and the attempt to scrub her name from history.
Kate Green explores the mystery of why someone smashed Hatshepsut's monuments and used chisels to remove her image twenty years after she died. The investigation seeks to identify the culprits behind this state-sponsored erasure and understand the motives for such a targeted campaign against her memory.
The goal is to solve an ancient puzzle: whether this was a personal vendetta, a political move by a successor, or a cultural effort to maintain traditional gender roles in Egyptian leadership.
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