Temple of Hatshepsut

The pyramid shaped mountain	Deir al-Bahri "Monestary of the North"	The Temple of Hatshepsut, ca 1458 BC	You can cross those mountains to reach the Valley of the Kings on foot
Remains of a tree brought back from Somalia, the land of Punt	In the terrorist incident of 1997 58 tourists were shot by gunmen from the cliffs above the te	Temple of Hatshepsut	Layout of the Temple of Hatshepsut
Temple of Hatshepsut	Hatshepsut as Osiris	Lower Portico, right side	Lower level arcade, right side
Debbie at the Temple of Hatshepsut, Second Terrace	Ramp up to the 3rd Terrace, Temple of Hatshepsut	Anubis Chapel, 2nd Terrace, right side	Seated figure of Anubis, the jackal headed god of mummification
Hatshepsut making an offering to Re-Harakhty, a composite of Ra and Horus	Anubis Chapel, Hatshepsut depicted as a man	The goddess Nekhbet, guardian of Upper Egypt, in form of a vulture carrying a protective amulet	Anubis Chapel
Anubis Chapel	Cow offerings to Amun	Amun, chief god of Thebes, before a table of offerings	Osiris, god of the underworld
The goddess Nekhbet, guardian of Upper Egypt, in form of a vulture carrying a protective amulet	Amun carrying symbols of divinity, the scepter and the ankh	Hatshepsut, Chapel of Anubis	Straight beard=pharoah
Curved beard=god	Falcon at the base of the ramp to the 3rd Terrace	Second coutyard, Temple of Hatshepsut	"Osirid" column of Hatshepsut
Upper portico	Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahri	Hatshepsut as Osiris	Upper Portico
Hatshepsut	Group photo, Upper Terrace	Amun's shrine, Uppe Terrace, Temple of Hatshepsut	Amun's shrine, Upper Terrace
Amun's shrine, Upper terrace	Debbie, Temple of Hatshepsut	Debbie, Upper Terrace, Temple of Hatshepsut	Hapi, the god of the Nile offering 2 vases representing Upper and Lower Egypt
LuxorJan06 827.JPG	Cartouche of Thutmosis II (18th Dyn)	Cupper Portico, Temple of Hatshepsut	Debbie and the Upper Portico, Temple of Hatshepsut
Debbie and Hatshepsut	LuxorJan06 838.JPG	Tourist police guarding the Temple of Hatshepsut	LuxorJan06 842.JPG
LuxorJan06 845.JPG	LuxorJan06 846.JPG	The goddess Hathor depecited with cow's ears	Column in the Chapel of Hathor in the form of a sistrum, a musical instrument
Hathor, Temple of Hatshepsut	Defaced Hatshepsut	Parade of Queen Hatshepsut's soldiers in honor of Hathor	Detail of Hatshepsut's soldiers, Punt Portico, Temple of Hatshepsut
The expedition to Punt (Somalia), Chapel of Hathor	The goddess Hathor in the form of a cow licking the hand of Queen Hatshepsut	Ankh, the Key of Life, and Was, the Sceptre, symbols of divinity	Chapel of Hathor vestibule and entrance to first room of the rock shrine of Hathor