By 
Kate Green
 | 
TED-Ed Original

The pharaoh that wouldn't be forgotten

Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh during the New Kingdom in Egypt. Twenty years after her death somebody smashed her statues took a chisel and attempted to erase the pharaoh's name and image from history. But who did it? And why? Kate Green investigates Hatshepsut's history for clues to this ancient puzzle.

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