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Explain the importance of Deir el Bahri
The Deir el Bahri is a temple at the base of the Theban cliffs which faced the Nile on the west bank. The temple was intended to be the funerary temple of Thutmose II although served the purpose of carrying out daily offering to Hatshepsut after her death. The temple had significant priority as it was dedicated to Amun, holiest of holies. The temple demonstrated her devotion to the gods and reflected the general prosperity of her reign. The temple was significant as a protective device, built to minimise the damage of rock falls and relieving triangle to further strengthen the building. During the Festival of the Beautiful Valley, a portable barque of Amun was carried on through the long, walled processional avenue lined with painted sandstone sphinxes, led from a small valley temple of the edge of the cultivation land to a forecourt. The first terrace was lined on each side with three red granite sphinxes and portrayed the Punt expedition, Divine Birth colonnade and Coronation reliefs, to the left of the reliefs is the shrine of Hathor; cow headed columns and scenes of Hatshepsut making offering to Hathor. The Chaple of Anubis was situated right of the Divine Birth reliefs. The religious significance of Deir el Bahri is evident in the north-west chapel which was also dedicated to Amun, two rectangular vaulted chambers were carried out for Hatshepsut and Thutmose I. The building program which consisted the construction of Deir el-Bahri demonstrated Hatshepsut’s religious dedication to ma’at.
Outline Hatshepsut’s building policy.
Hatshepsut’s building programme was an important way of communicating both traditional and revolutionary notions to the people, the importance of the building policy is demonstrated in Redford’s statement “We must conclude from her repeated references to it that a building program had top priority”. The building policy consisted of the construction of the Deir el-Bahri, the Red Chapel, 4 Obelisks,
The Deir el Bahri is a temple at the base of the Theban cliffs which faced the Nile on the west bank. The temple was intended to be the funerary temple of Thutmose II although served the purpose of carrying out daily offering to Hatshepsut after her death. The temple had significant priority as it was dedicated to Amun, holiest of holies. The temple demonstrated her devotion to the gods and reflected the general prosperity of her reign. The temple was significant as a protective device, built to minimise the damage of rock falls and relieving triangle to further strengthen the building. During the Festival of the Beautiful Valley, a portable barque of Amun was carried on through the long, walled processional avenue lined with painted sandstone sphinxes, led from a small valley temple of the edge of the cultivation land to a forecourt. The first terrace was lined on each side with three red granite sphinxes and portrayed the Punt expedition, Divine Birth colonnade and Coronation reliefs, to the left of the reliefs is the shrine of Hathor; cow headed columns and scenes of Hatshepsut making offering to Hathor. The Chaple of Anubis was situated right of the Divine Birth reliefs. The religious significance of Deir el Bahri is evident in the north-west chapel which was also dedicated to Amun, two rectangular vaulted chambers were carried out for Hatshepsut and Thutmose I. The building program which consisted the construction of Deir el-Bahri demonstrated Hatshepsut’s religious dedication to ma’at.
Outline Hatshepsut’s building policy.
Hatshepsut’s building programme was an important way of communicating both traditional and revolutionary notions to the people, the importance of the building policy is demonstrated in Redford’s statement “We must conclude from her repeated references to it that a building program had top priority”. The building policy consisted of the construction of the Deir el-Bahri, the Red Chapel, 4 Obelisks,