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The third terrace of the temple of Hatshepsut
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Hatshepsut's temple, third terrace
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The third terrace of the temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari is now open to visitors, after a long restoration by a Polish team.
The upper terrace of Hatshepsut's temple has a forefront
portico with two rows of columns. The external row
is made of square columns decorated with colossal osiride
statues of the queen, of which only few remain. The
inner row is made of octogonal columns.
When entering the court itself, the first noticeable
thing is that it seems empty though it once contained
two rows of colums, of which only a few one have been
reerected.
On the left and on the right, the reerected walls have
a (very) fragmentary decoration.
The back of the court houses the very heart of the
temple: a sanctuary dedicated to the god Amun. It has
been cut directly in the mountain.
On each side of the sanctuary one can see nine niches
: small cult chapels alternate with niches housing
osiride statues of the queen.
On each side of the lateral walls doors lead to chapels
(not visitable) respectively dedicated to the royal
cult and to the solar cult.
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| The portico
with two rows of columns |
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| Entrance and left wall |
The door leads to the royal cult chapel |
Back wall |
Back Wall. Entrance to the sanctuary |
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| Right wall. The door leads to the solar chapel |
Right wall |
Right wall |
Entrance wall |
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| Painted pilar |
Niche with osiride statue |
Niche with osiride statue |
Niche with osiride statue |
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| Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
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| Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
Cult chapel |
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| Sanctuary of Amun |
Sanctuary of Amun |
Sanctuary of Amun |
Sanctuary of Amun |
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| Sanctuary of Amun |
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| Bibliography |
• NAVILLE Edouard :The XIIth Dynasty Temple at Deir el Bahari, 30th memoir of the Egypt exploration fund (3 vols), London, 1910. [republished by Yare Egyptology].
• ARNOLD Dieter : The Encyclopedia of ancient egyptian architecture, I.B. Tauris, London, 2003.
• WILKINSON Richard : The complete temples of Ancient Egypt, Thames and Hudson, 2000.
• LIPINSKA Jadwiga: The Polish archeology mission at Deir el Bahari, KMT, 3, 2, 1992.
• The temple of Deir el-Bahari – Edouard Naville, Egypt Exploration Fund, Londres, 7 Vol. 1895-1908 (available by Yare Egyptology).
• Excavations at Deir el-Bahari – H.E. Winlock – 1911-1931, New-York 1942.
• Le temple de Hatshepsout à Deir el-Bahari – Marcelle Werbrouck – Fondation égyptologique Reine Elisabeth, Bruxelles – 140 pages, 48 planches photographiques.
• Le sanctuaire ptolémaïque de Deir el-Bahari – E. lskowska-Kusztal – Deir el-Bahari III – Varsovie 1986.
• The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari – Its original form – Z. Wyzocki - MDAIK 42, 1986. pp.213-228, pls.30-31.
• The temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari –F. Pawlicki – Cairo 2000.
• Queen Hatshepsut and her temple 3500 years later – Z.E. Szafranski (ed.) – Warsaw 2001.
• The temple of Hatshepsut. The solar complex – J. Karkowski – Deir el-Bahari VI – Warsaw 2003.
• Deir el-Bahari – Temple of Hatshepsout – Zbigniew E. Szafranski  .
• Deir el-Bahari: restoring Hatchepsut’s temple – Franciszek Pawlicki – Egyptian Archeology, n°.12, 1998 – pp.15-17.
• Porter & Moss, vol. II – Theban Temples – Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford – 1991 – second edition.
• BEDMAN Teresa : EL TEMPLO DE HATSHEPSUT EN DEIR EL-BAHARI, LA ESCALERA HACIA EL CIELO PARA EL DIOS DE TEBAS..
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