Egypt's Most Successful Pharaoh Was Completely Erased From History

Added: 2026-05-23

[00:00:00]History remembers Cleopatra. History remembers Nefertiti, but it almost completely forgot the greatest female pharaoh of all, Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut became pharaoh of Egypt around 1478 BC, one of only a handful of women to ever hold the title. She ruled for 20 years, and under her reign, Egypt became one of the wealthiest and most powerful kingdoms on Earth. She launched the most successful trading expedition in Egyptian history to the mysterious land of Punt. She built some of Egypt's most magnificent temples, including the stunning mortuary temple at [music] Deir el-Bahari. Then she died, and everything changed. Her successor, Thutmose the third, ordered workers to smash every single statue of her, carve her face off every temple wall, erase her name from every monument. For 3,000 years it worked. Historians had no idea she ever existed. In 1903, archaeologists finally identified her mummy hidden in a tomb marked as her nurse. After 3,000 years, Hatshepsut was finally found. Follow for more. Stunning.