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 Temple of Hatshepsut by sue_stone
The temple is located close to the Valley of the Kings. It is partly cut into the cliff face and partly free-standing.
It is quite a spectacular sight from from a distance, and well worth the walk from the car park, and the climb up the steps to the temple.
Once you get up to the temple there is also a great view looking back across the valley.
I have a few more photos from the temple in my Travelogue Leave a Comment
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 Temple of Hatshepsut by jumpingnorman
She is the daughter of Tuthmoses I, married to her half-brother who became Tuthmoses II who in turn died early. Tuthmoses III was too young then, and Hatshepsut actually took the power from him --- hence, his dislike for her.
She ruled quite for a while and built this huge temple on the side of a mountain, looking like it was carved out of the stone (this is the same temple where tourists were gunned down by terrorists decades ago according to my guide). The massacre of the tourists has led to very strict laws and security in Egypt with regards to tourism and no such incident has occured again at the temple (thank God!).
It is speculated that Tuthmoses III had something to do with the death of her mother. Was she murdered? I think this is a great story that Angelina Jolie could probably pull off! Leave a Comment
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Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, known today as El Deer El Bahary, is located on the Luxor's west bank at the north end of the necropolis, about 6 kms from the Nile.
Hatshepsut, the only woman that ever ruled as Pharaoh, set up her own mortuary temple and followed her father's example of having the temple built to better secure her body.
The temple was built during the 18th Dynasty and consists mainly of three terraces linked by ramps.
The first ramp presents queen Hatshepsut giving birth from god Ra, the second one presents queen Hatshepsut journey to Bot country (today Sudan) for where she brought spices and scents and the third one, where is also the Saint of the Saints, has been transformed by the Roman Christians at their arrival on this site.
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Deir El-Bahri is the funerary temple of Egypt's only female pharaoh who ruled from 1503 to 1482 BC. In order to legitimize her standing as Pharaoh all representations of her show her as a man. This is one of the most highly restored temples of Egypt and gives you a real good feeling for what it looked like when it was built. Leave a Comment Directions: West bank
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Life story of queen Hatshepsut is really interesting!! she was very strong woman and she wasn't really that kind of fair ideal person
Queen "Hatshepsut" was the first one to send ships to the country's "Puntland" (Somalia now), so they are loaded and perfumes .. And "Hatshepsut" is the fifth kings of the eighteenth dynasty, which also belongs to the King "Tutankhamen." A daughter "Thutmose I," and wife "Thutmose II," has received the sentence with "Thutmose III," which was the son of one of her husband Gariaat, at the same time, her daughter's husband, and remained until her death in 1484 BC holding the reins of government, the ruling was over cogens her life, and deported "Thutmose III" from power, it was not described to him in the Governing
Although she was a female had represented itself in the form of statues man has been flat without breasts, and has borrowed to live. Having died liberation "Thutmose III" from the trusteeship of heavy, and I like to retaliate against them Vatm construction of the temple, and the proportion of the same, and the name and crush most forms excavated and icons, and a place name and his titles in many quarters (please look the pictures i put inside)
The design and implementation of building the temple Engineer "die" QC and one close to it. It belongs to a family of modest "Armant" but became the first president to acknowledge reception of the royal family, and the President receiving machine "Amon", and is in charge of all construction, so it made the greatest professional successes in the history of ancient Egypt. Address: west bank of luxor
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 Temple of Hatshepsut by kenmerk
The scenery here is stunning, the temple is partially carved out of a sheer cliff and the center ramp will lead you up to a series of three terraces.
While the setting is majestic, the recent history at Hatsehpsut is more subdued, though. It was here that 58 German tourist were gunned down by terrorists in 1997. Leave a Comment
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 Long distance view of
Hatshetsup's Temple by ATXtraveler
This temple is definitely different than the others. It is built into the side of the mountain, and is right next to the site of an older destroyed temple.
It also has a wonderful view of the Lower Nile Valley. Leave a Comment
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 Mortuary temple of Queen
Hatshepsut by catkin
The daughter of Tuthmose I, Hatshepsut married her half brother and heir to the throne. He succeeded to the throne as Tuthmose II but died in his early 30’s with only a young son as his successor. Although this young boy was named as Tuthmose III, his stepmother Hatshepsut acted as regent for the youngster. She later usurped his position and declared herself pharaoh. She is depicted on statues with the full regalia of the king and a fake beard that she apparently took to wearing.
There were originally three temples standing side by side in this area but only Hatshepsuts temple remains although it was vandalised by Tuthmose III out of spite at being kept from the throne. When discovered in the mid 19th century, the temple was in ruins and its present condition is mainly due to reconstruction undertaken by a Polish and Egyptian team.
Only the main part of the temple has been recreated. Originally there would have been a sphinx lined avenue and the huge entrance pylon seen at other temples. An inner court would have been inside the pylon at the position of the first ramp.
The queens’ obelisks are also no longer here; one of them was transported to Karnak. Leave a Comment
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 Temple of Hatshepsut by sachara
The ambiance is very impressing. Leave a Comment Directions: Luxor, westbank.
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We visited Hatchepshut Temple after going to the Valley of the Kings...it's not too far away at all. It was great to visit this temple because it was very different to all the other temples we visited in Egypt. There was a nice view from the top of the temple too...
Our guide gave us a easy way to remember Hatchepshut...he said "hot-chicken-soup" or "hat-cheap-suit"... ;) Leave a Comment
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