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Djser Djeseru, the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, one of the few women to rule Egypt as Pharaoh.

Egypt thrived under her leadership. She sent a groundbreaking expedition to Punt, a legendary land traders had dreamed of visiting, and brought back live myrrh trees, exotic animals, gold, and incense.

After her death, her stepson Thutmose III spent years systematically erasing her legacy.

He chiseled her image from temple walls, toppled her statues, and replaced her name with his own.

His efforts almost succeeded.

For centuries, Egyptologists puzzled over the missing chapter in Egypt's history.

It was not until 2007 that archaeologists finally identified Hatshepsut's mummy, thanks to a single loose tooth discovered in a canopic box bearing her name.

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