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Carvings depicting "Hatshepsut's Divine Birth and Coronation" can be found at the Temple of Deir el Bahari, Egypt. In the Divine Birth sequence, Amun calls upon a meeting of gods to announce the coming of a great and powerful queen. Amun asks the gods to bestow upon her protection and riches, and he promises to grant her power: “I will join ...
[45] [56] Images presented on the walls are of offerings and cult activity, with a relief showing Anubis escorting Hatshepsut to the shrine. [45] The name of Anubis was used to designate the heir to the throne, which the Egyptologist Ann Macy Roth associates with the reliefs depicting Hatshepsut's divine birth. [43]
The relief sculpture within Hatshepsut's temple recites the tale of the divine birth of the pharaoh. The text and pictorial cycle also tell of an expedition to the Land of Punt, an exotic country on the Red Sea coast. On either side of the entrance to the sanctuary (shown right) are painted pillars with images of Hathor as the capitals
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. Egyptian queen and pharaoh, sixth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty (c. 1479/8–1458 BC) For the 13th dynasty princess, see Hatshepsut (king's daughter). Hatshepsut Statue of Hatshepsut on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Pharaoh Reign c. 1479 – 1458 BC Coregency Thutmose III ...
Horus is one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities. The Temple of Hatshepsut is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it. A turning point in the megalithic geometry of the Old Kingdom. Thebes, Luxor, Egypt.
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Temple of Hatshepsut. Hatshepsut's temple was inspired by the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II. The queen wanted to build this copy of a temple much grander and right next to it. As queen, she did this to improve her public image. [12] Her steward Senenmut designed the temple for her. He copied the Mentuhotep II temple, but made everything grander.
23 years, 8 months and 18 days, 1701–1677 BC [114] or 1714–1691 BC Merhotepre: Ini: Possibly a son of his predecessor 2 years, 3 or 4 months and 9 days, 1677–1675 BC [114] or 1691–1689 BC — Sankhenre: Sewadjtu: Attested only on the Turin canon: 3 years and 2–4 months, 1675–1672 BC [114] Mersekhemre: Ined: May be the same person as ...