Sunday, October 2, 2016

Shrine of Hathor at the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut .. Part ( 7 )

To the south of the Punt colonnade stands the partly ruined shrine of Hathor, corresponding in position to the chapel of Anubis at the end of the north colonnade .

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Hatshepsut's expeditions to the land of punt at the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut .. ( Part 6 )

We now return to the middle court, and go round the end of the ramp in order to reach the southern colonnade, on whose walls are the famous scenes of the voyage to Punt .

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Hatshepsut's Divine Birth in the Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut .. Part ( 5 )

We now return to the north, or Birth Colonnade, the reliefs on the rear wall of which represent the state fiction by which Hatshepsut was regarded as the actual child of Amûn by the Queen Ahmôse, the wife of Tuthmosis I .