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Hatshepsut was believed at one point to have been a pacifist, but there is little convincing historical evidence and this was likely a misogynist stereotype. Likewise, her divine birth was thought as propaganda to legitimize a female pharaoh’s rule, but later male pharaohs did the same

Radiocarbon dating is viewed skeptically by many Egyptologists because it can contradict the written record, which has been used for centuries as the basis of Egyptological study

Bull leaping art found in Avaris is evidence that Mycenaeans lived in Egypt during the Hyksos reign