Hatshepsut temple
It is a memorial temple to Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari. The ancient Egyptians called it the "bridge of the bridge of Amun," meaning the most holy of Amen. |
| Hetshepsut temble entrance |
The temple was constructed by the architect "Sennemoot" in a distinctive style consisting of three balconies. Attached to the temple are several booths, the most important of which are dedicated to Hathor and Anubis. Temple inscriptions clearly show the manifestations of family and religious enmity by deliberately distorting the images of Hatshepsut by Thutmose III, and by distorting the images of Amun by the priests of Aten.
Whom was Hatshepsut?
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| The only statue found for Hetshepsut |
She is the eldest daughter of Pharaoh of Egypt, King Thutmose I and her mother, Queen Ahmose. Her father, the king, had given birth to an illegitimate son, Tuthmosis the second, and she accepted marriage to him on the custom of royal families to participate together in the rule after his death, as a solution to the problem of having a legitimate heir to him.
Queen Hatshepsut is known by the name of Ammon Hatshepsut, and her name means Amun’s daughter, Dora of the princesses or Amun’s favorite, over women. She is considered the fifth in the chain of the eighteenth family kings, and she received the ruling after the death of her husband, King Tuthmosis the Second. She is also considered one of the most famous and strongest queens who ruled Egypt.