Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Title
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
Date
c. 1490-1460 BCE
Identifier
5342
Alternative Title or Name
Anubis Chapel
Creator
Senemut
Work Type
built works
Work Location
Egypt (nation)
Ad Dayr al Baḩrī (ruins)
Style/Period
Eighteenth Dynasty (Egyptian)
Subject
mortuary temples
columns (architectural elements)
Hatshepsut--Queen of Egypt
Description
Columns at the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut believed to have been built by Senemut. "The columns of the Anubis Chapel are fluted, unlike the plain piers used in the rest of this temple.This room at the far north end of the second colonnade has twelve of these grooved columns with an astronomical ceiling. Wall paintings decorate the walls,"-- by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University. Worden Photo 2/1996
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Copyright Statement
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ID Number
GPB-EGY2-1087
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