Hatshepsut Temple Egypt Africa Stock Photography

Views of the Hatshepsut temple, it is the most important of those built in Deir el Bahari and unique throughout Egypt. It was built by Queen Hatshepsut in the form of terraces, large, with columns that merge with the mountainside, located behind the temple. The work is due to the architect Senmut who achieved a perfect harmony of proportions. The temple is partly excavated in the rock and partly built externally, based on the previous constructions made by Mentuhotep I. It was built between the seventh and twenty-first years of the reign of Hatshepsut.