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Temple of Hatshepsut
The terraced mortuary temple of Egypt's great female pharaoh, set against towering cliffs.
- Editor's score
- 4.7
- Visit
- 1 h 15
- Price
- €€
About
Built for Hatshepsut in the fifteenth century BC at Deir el-Bahari, the temple rises in three broad colonnaded terraces against a sheer amphitheatre of rock. Its clean lines seem remarkably modern. The reliefs record her divine birth and a trading expedition to the land of Punt, and statues of the queen as Osiris line the upper terrace.
Best time to go: Visit early in the morning, before the sun turns the cliffs and terraces into a furnace.
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