Temple of Hatshepsut

Deir el-Bahari temple of HatshepsutThrough this temple will learn many aspects of the life of the Egyptian Queen
The temple and tomb of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el bahari Western Thebes went out engineer named Sanmot from the norm in the construction of temples funeral, Valmabd built on terraces along the lines of the temple and tomb of King Mentuhotep II months Dynasty XI of the Middle Kingdom, which is located on the same region.

 
 The Queen Hatshepsut in the history of Egypt special status so that her father, King Tuthmosis I did not have children of his legitimacy, but Hatshepsut did not beget a son inherited the throne after him, but Tuthmosis II, but the wife of an illegal was one of the maids pursued owners science and know-how of the priests of Pharaoh to call Bththomps third this king after he married his sister to his father, Hatshepsut, when their father died King Thutmose first.

 In fact, the Queen Hatshepsut was the owner of the right to the throne, and for that lived her husband Tuthmosis II under the shadow and she Her influence and power and it goes without saying that the queen faced stiff opposition from members of the royal family and the priests and senior people to govern the country alone, is well known that low Egyptians not accustomed to see on the throne, a woman, and therefore agreed to a solution that embraced everyone by her and repeated the problem again when he did not beget King Tuthmosis II and a son only going after the death of King Tuthmosis II took advantage of Queen Hatshepsut opportunity and announced tutelage the boy King Thutmose III later, and stood beside her strong party led by Sanmot supervisor of the royal palace and on his property and even the daughter of Queen named Nfroraa, and the Sanmot this a big role in the time of Queen Hatshepsut, particularly during the period of usurpation of the throne and away the king Thutmose III about the life of governance

 and politics throughout Temple starts accidentally contoured sides statues Queen in the form of sphinxes as planted palm trees and pools of papyrus on the sides and turning the mountain into a green oasis, although after the height of the valley, and then skipped the patio downstairs and balcony first climb one boiling yard upper overdraft then also to the path upward is located in the end lounge on the right or what is known lobby of birth, and on the left depicted a cruise to the country Bont, and to the left of the lobby of Birth built on the cabin of the gods Hathor goddess of the mountain and to the right of the lobby Bont built

compartment of Anubis god of the cemetery, while the lobby of Birth Vsourt on the walls story ratios Queen Hatshepsut to the god Amun directly desiring to assert their right to the throne, we see from the writings and images how to accept the god Amun to God Tut (god of wisdom and knowledge) asking him about Queen Ahmuse which will become later the mother of Hatshepsut great
 ha god Tut in front of God the Great, accompanied by god to them, after that wearing Amon uniforms King, enters Amon on the Queen in the image of the King finds the queen sleeper but in

the fragrance of God horrified and seeks to god delighted grant god his heart, and having spent the night together predict God that gave it the daughter would become Queen of the house, because it is at the heart of the god Amun, and when Hatshepsut generate bless her gods and exaggerate described in texts and assert their right to Royal.

The Ramsium temple

Ramsium temple is called Khnmt wast means the united with wast while the Greeks called it Memnyum this name refers to the enormous statues of Anmhouteb III and Ramses II   also this temple is situated near by statues of Memnoun its area 180*66 m
Most of the area is building for the storages and the priests' home
The temple consists of:
The gate wall made of mud bricks surrounded by a large number of storages area .
Then we find the first pylon huge building 66 m width with the inscription of Kadesh war and its affaires
And on its sides the religious inscription and scenes for the king with the gods.

the first yard in includes  number of Osiris  pillars  also there was the remains of enormous statue of the king Ramses II about 17m high made out of one piece of  granite 
Then a leading stairs for the second pylon this pylon is smaller than the first one which is surrounded by statues of the king and having religious inscriptions and the coronation scenes then we find the second court yard  surrounded by Osiris and papyrus pillars
At the end we find a small columns hall this hall is known as the zodiac hall because the ceiling bears zodiac inscriptions then we find another hall of columns but the rest of the temple  including the holy of the holies is completely damaged and nearly destroyed

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Ramses ii ;

Ramses ii was born in 1303 Bc and ruled Egypt 67 years from 1279 Bc .AD until 1212 BC.AD

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Luxor Temple

Luxor Temple

Luxor temple was dedicated to Thebans sacred triad (a group of three deities)  Amun re , mut , Khunsu  , it's one of the important temples of the new Kingdome
Luxor Temple is located in waset (ancient Egyptian name of Luxor city) on the eastern bank of the Nile valley, it was built by king Amenhuteb III then king RamsesII continued to add some buildings..
The temple is constructed on one axis from north to south its 260m long from the first pylon to the end of holy of the holies.
Avenue of sphinxstatues fronted the first pylon ,its dated to king Amenhuteb III and king nekhtnbo I (from the thirty dynasty) , each statue is scalped from one block of  sand stone representing a lion with the head of the king , this avenue extended and linked between karnak temple and Luxor temple .

The pylon is fronted by six colossi of Ramses II (four seated, two standing)only two seated are left now. Also two obelisks fronted the pylon made of pink granite one of them is now in concurred square in Paris and the other is kept in its place in the temple
The first colonnade court, contains 74 giant papyrus columns, also 11 statues for Ramses II were found between the columns while the mosque of Abu el- Haggagg lies in northeast of the court 
The first hypostyle hall contains 14 columns the walls of this hall is decorated with the scenes of the opet festival (ancient Egyptian festival where the god Amunre god of Karnak temple visited Luxor temple)     
Then we find the chapel of sacred boat then the birth house finally we find the holy of the holies where the statues of the gods of the temple is placed.  

Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple is one of the most beautiful temples in Egypt it is located in  Luxor signs deals where each successive king of kings trying to make the most magnificent temple. Characterized by his predecessor so Karnak temples turned into a complete guide and a variety show stages of the evolution of ancient Egyptian art and architecture Pharaonic distinctive.

 Featuring the Great Temple of Karnak Sound and Light offers charming, which is held every evening, which is a great way to discover the Temple of Karnak. About the distance between Luxor and Karnak 3 kilometers, punctuated on both sides of the road a large number of sphinxes or what is known as a small way of rams. The Temple of Karnak is the largest house of worship on earth gated.