Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, Deir el-Bahari, Egypt

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Today the terraces of Deir el-Bahari only convey a faint impression of the original intentions of Senemut. Most of the statue ornaments are missing - the statues of Osiris in front of the pillars of the upper colonnade, the sphinx avenues in front of the court, and the standing, sitting, and kneeling figures of Hatshepsut; these were destroyed in a posthumous condemnation of this pharaoh. The architecture of the temple has been considerably altered as a result of misguided reconstruction in the early twentieth century (source: Wikipedia)

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Size: 2753px × 4079px
Location: Deir el-Bahari, Egypt
Photo credit: © Grzegorz Gajewski / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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