Deir el-Bahri

ordered the people to portray her as a male king with large muscles and a beard. Hatshepsut undertook building project that were most likely to be built around Thebes. Hatshepsut’s greatest achievement was the huge memorial temple that was built at Deir el-Bahri. It is considered one of the architectural wonders of ancient Egypt. One of her other great achievements was the trading expedition she authorized which brought back huge riches, such as gold, leopard skins, ebony, ivory and incense. It…

Hatshepsut was the daughter of thutmose the ll her brother is Thutmose the ll and nephew Thutmose the lll.Hatshepsut died approximately age 40 and was born in thebes in February.Hatshepsut was the 15th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty Hatshepsut means” Foremost Of Noble Ladies’’ she was giving a reign of 22 years or 9 months she was building her pyramid when she was the royal wife of Thutmose the ll but that was for her father so she constructed a new pyramid in 1903 one of her organs were discovered…

him a god. Also it helped his son because he commanded the army. It would rise the power following his death so no one will seize his throne. Ramses mummy was buried at Valley of Kings but was moved because of tomb robbers. It was moved to Deir el-Bahri. His body was discovered…

an established military leader who had no royal blood at all. Thutmose I had two children with Queen Ahmose, Hatshepsut’s sister Neferubity who died during infancy, and Hatshepsut. Her sister, Neferubity is known from scenes in Hatshepsut’s Deir el-Bahri temple where she is shown with Thutmose I and Ahmose. Thutmose I also had another son, Thutmose II, to a lesser…

"Hatshepsut in a Devotional Attitude" which was created during the New Kingdom in ca. 1479-1458 B.C. The medium that was used to create this sculpture is granite and paint. This statue was one of a pair that stood on either....Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el-Bahri. The pose, with both hands open and resting on the front of the kilt, is a devotional....Middle Kingdom pharaoh Senwosret III who lived some three hundred years before Hatshepsut. I think the subject of this piece is to show how…

The most notable similarity between the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut (Egyptian) and the Palace at Knossos (Aegean) is that both structures were built for upperclass members in their societies. The Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut was constructed for Hatshepsut, an Egyptian queen recognized as "The women who could be king" and the Palace at Knossos was commissioned for King Minos. Another similarity between these structures was the paintings that were found inside. One of the Palace at Knossos's…

effect towards her goals and accomplishments. Hatshepsut, in her reign, helped improve and remodel Egypt with restoring meaningful landmarks and decaying buildings in addition to constructing now historical landmarks such as the beautiful temple Deir el-Bahri Thebes and the Djeser Djeseru ‘Holy of Holies’. Hatshepsut’s cunning and inspirational attempt to rule and become king of ancient Egypt was her most significant…

During his voyage to Tahiti, Captain James Cook encountered heavily tattooed men and women. The word ‘tatu’ meaning to mark something and the tattoos the captain and his crew got cemented our use of the word. The term derived from the specific method of inscription where sharp needle-like instruments were tapped onto the skin to penetrate the dye under the surface skin layers. However Tahiti is not the only evidence of ancient tattooing tradition. The history of tattooing can be dated back at…

Auset, also known as Isis a very well known goddess. She is the egyptian goddess of magic,giver of life, healing, wisdom, love, motherhood,renewal, power, and also marriage.The meaning behind her name is “ she of the throne”. Auset is the eldest sister of her three siblings, Osiris, Seth, and Nephthys. Their parents were Geb the god of Earth and Nut the goddess of sky. Isis (Auset) was not like the other goddesses, she would take time and sit amongst her people. She would teach them such things…

In Ancient Egypt, one of the duties of the king’s was to build and maintain temples to their gods. “The Egyptian word for temple was “god’s house.” These temples were meant to be the home of the gods and would need to have everything a god would need. The temple complex would need to have land, livestock and the people necessary to work the land. Temple complexes were not only built for the gods but were also built for the kings. (Temple) During Early Dynastic Egypt, temple complexes…