Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (who was believed to have descended from Amon-Re), the Temple of Hatshepsut stands out for its grand architecture and ...

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain inaugurated on Thursday a new monument night-lighting system at the Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor, accompanied by Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities ...

Tourists in Egypt flocked to Queen Hatshepsut Temple on Monday to witness the sun fall perpendicular on the holy shrines of the ancient monument, a unique astronomical phenomenon marking the ancient ...

Archaeologists unearth pieces, near the Queen Hatshepsut Valley Temple's in Deir El-Bahari on the Nile's west bank in Luxor, Egypt, January 8, 2025. — Reuters Archaeologists have discovered intact ...

The Temple of Hatshepsut, the first female pharaoh in ancient Egypt who reigned during the 18th dynasty, is increasingly attracting tourists in Luxor. Luxor city in southern Egypt is known for its ...

On Thursday evening, Governor of Luxor, Eng. Abdel Mottaleb Amara, and Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathy, welcomed King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia. This visit is the first by ...

STORY: Archeologists have uncovered more than 1,000 decorated stone blocks from the foundation of an 18th dynasty pharaonic queen's valley temple in Luxor. Queen Hatshepsut died in about 1458 B.C. and ...

Ancient Egypt was primarily ruled by men, with only a handful of women successfully coming to power. One of them was Hatshepsut, the sixth pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty, who reigned during the 15th ...

Visitors tour the Hatshepsut Temple in Deir el-Bahari on the west bank of the Nile River at Luxor, Egypt, Thursday, June 11, 2015. Militants tried to attack the ancient temple of Karnak in southern ...

A joint Egyptian archaeological mission led by the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Antiquities and Heritage and by the Supreme Council of Antiquities has made groundbreaking discoveries at the site near ...