New Study Questions Gender Role in Attacks on Egyptian Pharaoh

Imagine a very important queen named Hatshepsut who ruled Egypt a long, long time ago.

She was good at her job and made Egypt prosperous.

After she died, her stepson, Thutmose III, became king.

People thought he erased her name and accomplishments because she was a woman.

But new research says he might have had other reasons, maybe even using her statues for building.

It's like the new king wanted to remove her power, but not necessarily because she was a queen.

The reasons are complicated and about more than just her gender.