Trip Temple of Hatshepsut

Trip Temple of Hatshepsut

Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty erected the Temple of Hatshepsut as a mortuary temple. It is considered a masterwork of ancient architecture and is located across the Nile from Luxor. Its three huge terraces soar above the desert bottom and into Deir el-Bahari’s cliffs. The temple’s axes represent the pharaoh’s life cycle from coronation to rebirth: on its main east-west axis, it served to receive the barque of Amun-Re at the climax of the Beautiful Festival of the Valley, while on its north-south axis, it represented the pharaoh’s life cycle from coronation to rebirth.