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 .

Thursday, September 22, 2016

The second courtyard of Hatshepsut's Temple and the shrine of Anubis .. ( Part 4 )

We now rise to the middle terrace, and have before us a picture of great beauty and interest . In front of us is the colonnade which stands in front of the retaining wall of the next ( upper ) terrace .