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Colossal seated statue of Hatshepsut, Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt, c. 1503-1482 B.C. Red granite sculpture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

One of eight colossal statues of Hatshepsut recovered from Deir el-Bahri, which were likely placed on the upper terrace of Hatshepsut's temple, near the Temple of Amun. She is symbolically portrayed as a male monarch, wearing the royal nemes headdress, though the false beard is missing.

After Thutmosis III ordered Hatshepsut removed from history, the statue's face was systematically destroyed. The entire statue was also smashed to pieces, to be reassembled only from excavated fragments.

Traces of original pigment remain on the statue's headdress and collar.
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