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Photos in this gallery are of the West Bank Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri under the cliffs of the Theban hill
Asasif Necropolis EG020144jhp Hatshepsut Temple Luxor Asasif Necropolis Montuemhet pylon mudbrick tomb Khokha hill in the background to these impressive mudbrick pylons round the entrances to 25th & 26th dynasty tombs of officials and dignatories on the Asasif plain adjacent to the visitors centre at Hatshepsut Temple entrance. This magnificent mortuary temple to the Egyptian Queen is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor at an area called Deir el-Bahri and built into the base of the cliffs of the Theban Hill behind which are branches of the Valley of the Kings. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West Bank, Deir el-Bahri, el-Bahari, Dayr, Khokha, hill, Asasif, necropolis, dignatories, tombs, mudbrick, pylons, landscape, Hatshepsut, mortuary, Temple, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, history, Egyptology, Consort, Queen, coachpark, visitors, centre
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Hatshepsut Temple
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Asasif Necropolis EG020144jhp
Upload Date: 2002-10-27 11:22:40
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Hatshepsut Temple Luxor Asasif Necropolis Montuemhet pylon mudbrick tomb Khokha

hill in the background to these impressive mudbrick pylons round the entrances to 25th & 26th dynasty tombs of officials and dignatories on the Asasif plain adjacent to the visitors centre at Hatshepsut Temple entrance. This magnificent mortuary temple to the Egyptian Queen is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor at an area called Deir el-Bahri and built into the base of the cliffs of the Theban Hill behind which are branches of the Valley of the Kings.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West Bank, Deir el-Bahri, el-Bahari, Dayr, Khokha, hill, Asasif, necropolis, dignatories, tombs, mudbrick, pylons, landscape, Hatshepsut, mortuary, Temple, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, history, Egyptology, Consort, Queen, coachpark, visitors, centre