Unearthing a queen s lost tale Oct 16, 2021

Unearthing a queen s lost tale

Almost 3,500 years ago under Queen Hatshepsut"s reign, Egypt enjoyed decades of peace and flourishing culture, and this elegant temple is just one piece of her larger-than-life legacy. But the pharaoh who succeeded Hatshepsut forbade all mention of her rule, taking credit for her monuments and leaving her name all but unknown for millennia.

© Ratnakorn Piyasirisorost/Moment/Getty Images

palette

Today in History

Oct 16, 2018Hey, who’s in charge here?
Oct 16, 2019Paleontology meets art
Oct 16, 2020It s harvest time on World Food Day
Oct 16, 2022Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
Oct 16, 2023Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
Oct 16, 2024National Fossil Day
Oct 16, 2025A Eurasian lynx in Siberia

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Jul 26, 2019The party’s just starting
Apr 19, 2019Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
Nov 1, 2022Día de los Muertos celebrations in Mexico
Dec 5, 2023Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
Mar 1, 2023Womens History Month
Aug 11, 2019Storm rolls over the grasslands
Aug 4, 2018‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
Nov 22, 2019The Cutty Sark turns 150
Nov 7, 2020National Bison Day
Jul 16, 2023Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
Mar 10, 2025National Napping Day
Jun 14, 2022Museum Mile Festival
Feb 13, 2018Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
Dec 21, 2024Happy winter solstice!
Apr 23, 2024World Book Day
Oct 3, 2019Love on ice
Apr 27, 2022Midnight sun
Feb 23, 2023The lights of Paris
Dec 18, 2021Full moon
Apr 12, 2022International Day of Human Space Flight
Jun 10, 2019Ponta da Piedade rock formations in Portugal
May 4, 2024Star Wars Day
Jan 2, 2025Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
Jun 20, 2022Pollinator Week
Nov 19, 2021Zion National Park, Utah
Jun 26, 2019Get amped for Glastonbury
Nov 13, 2020Once upon a midafternoon dreary…
Mar 23, 2018Happy World Meteorological Day
Nov 6, 2019Saffron in bloom
Sep 24, 2025Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming