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Rather than her successor Thutmose III's "outright hostility, much of the damage may instead derive from the ‘deactivation’ of the statues and their reuse as raw material." (from the OA paper www.cambridge.org/core/journal...)

The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut.

The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. #queenhatshepsut #valleyofthekings #egypt #panorama #panoramicimage #360image

Egypt uncovers blocks from 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut temple - Sight Magazine Archaeologists have uncovered intact portions of the foundation wall of pharaonic Queen Hatshepsut's valley temple in Luxor.

Egypt uncovers blocks from 18th dynasty Queen Hatshepsut temple @sightmagazine.bsky.social #Egypt #QueenHatshepsut #QueenTetiSheri #AhmoseI #ZahiHawass

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