Tourists walk on the stairs leading to Queen Hatshepsut Temple in Luxor, southern Egypt, November 9, 2009. Hatshepsut was the second pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty. Reuters Pictures logo Reuters Pictures 27 months ago

Tourists walk on the stairs leading to Queen Hatshepsut Temple in Luxor, southern Egypt, November 9, 2009. Hatshepsut was the second pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty of Ancient Egypt. She is generally regarded by Egyptologists as one of the most successful pharaohs, reigning longer than any other woman of an indigenous Egyptian dynasty.

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