Egypt: Day 7
September 22, 2022
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Above: Front view of the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut on the lower terrace, built into the mountain at Deir el-Bahari.
1 shows some ruins on the drive to the temple.
2, 3, 5 to 7 show the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut.
4 shows Emina, Stephanie and Jered on the ride up to the temple entrance.
8 and 10 show one of the two recreated sphinxes (there used to be six there) and the owl head statue at the base of the stairs to the middle terrace.
11 and 12 show views of the Temple of Hatshepsut in 2012 and 1936 respectively, showing the quite amazing work in cleaning up, recreating and
putting the pieces back together ... new stairwells, the entire upper terrace porticos and Hatshepsut statues.
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