Temple of Hatshepsut
Caption 3: The Temple of Hatshepsut was built around an existing
Caption 1: The Temple of Hatshepsut is located in New Valley
Governorate, Egypt and was built around 1458 BCE.
Caption 2: The temple was built against the cliffs at Deir el Bahari and
Valley of the Kings, toward the Nile river.
temple dedicated to Hathor, the Egyptian fertility goddess. Like many
temples nearby, it was made of stone. The temple is adorned with
ramps, monumental figures of the pharaoh, hypostyle halls, peristyle
courtyard and a corbeled, carved arch near Hathor temple.
Caption 4: The Temple of Hatshepsut served as a mortuary temple for
Hatshepsut herself, the first female pharaoh. The walls contain written
historical texts of the wars and voyages Hatshepsut led. There are
chapels and sections of the temple dedicated to Anubis, god of
underworld, and Amun, the sun god.
Works Cited

Photo 1:
Valley of the Kings Hatshepsut Temple. July, 2017. Queen Hatshepsut, Egyptio, New Valley Governorate, Egypt.
Accessed October 20, 2017. www.egyptio.com/queen-hatshepsut.

Photo 2:
Cohen, Brian. 2015. Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in Egypt: Part One of A Photographic Essay, Boarding Area,
New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Accessed October 20, 2017. http://thegate.boardingarea.com/mortuary-
temple-of-hatshepsut-in-egypt-a-photographic-essay.

Photo 3:
Herrera, Luis. July, 2015. Staff Adventures: Egypt & Jordan with Insight Vacations (Summer 2015), Escape. Accessed
October 20, 2017. https://blog.affordabletours.com/egypt-jordan-with-insight-vacations-summer-2015.

Photo 4:
Chan, Leo. March, 2015. Levitate Travel, Luxor, Egypt, Levitate Style, New Valley Governorate, Egypt. Accessed
October 20, 2017. http://www.levitatestyle.com/2015/03/luxor-egypt.html.