Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
The mortuary temple of Hatshepsut is a mortuary temple built during the reign of Pharaoh Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Located opposite the city of Luxor, it is considered to be a masterpiece of ancient architecture.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Temple
- Description: temple in Luxor, Egypt
- Also known as: “Djeser-Djeseru”, “mortuary temple of Hatshepsut”, and “Temple of Hatshepsut”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valley of the Kings and Deir el-Bahri.
Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings is an Egyptian archaeological locality in the hills immediately behind the West Bank of Luxor. As such, it is one of the most remarkable archaeological destinations in the world - the burial place of most of the pharaohs of Egypt of the New Kingdom.
Deir el-Bahri
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Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis. Deir el-Bahri is situated 130 metres west of Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El-Assasif and Luxor.
El-Assasif
Village
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El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'.
Luxor
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Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes.
East Bank
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The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
- Categories: house of millions of years and religion
- Location: Red Sea, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Dodetempel van Hatsjepsoet”
- Albanian: “Tempulli i Hatshepsutit”
- Albanian: “Tempulli mortor i Hatshepsutit”
- Arabic: “معبد حتشبسوت”
- Arabic: “معبدحتشبسوت”
- Armenian: “Հաչեփսութ թագուհու տաճարային համալիր”
- Bulgarian: “Заупокоен храм на Хатшепсут”
- Catalan: “Temple de Hatshepsut”
- Chinese: “哈特谢普苏特神庙”
- Czech: “Džeser-Džeseru”
- Dutch: “Tempel van Hatsjepsoet”
- French: “temple funéraire d’Hatchepsout”
- French: “Temple funéraire d’Hatchepsout”
- German: “Hatschepsut-Tempel”
- German: “Totentempel der Hatschepsut”
- Hebrew: “מקדש המתים של חתשפסות”
- Italian: “Tempio funerario di Hatshepsut”
- Japanese: “ハトシェプスト女王葬祭殿”
- Korean: “하트셉수트의 장제전”
- Persian: “معبد حتشپسوت”
- Polish: “Świątynia Hatszepsut”
- Portuguese: “Templo mortuário de Hatshepsut”
- Russian: “Заупокойный храм Хатшепсут в Дейр эль-Бахри”
- Russian: “Заупокойный храм Хатшепсут в Дейр-эль-Бахри”
- Sinhala: “හට්ෂෙප්සුට් මතකාගාර දේවස්ථානය”
- Slovak: “Zádušný chrám kráľovnej Hatšepsut”
- Slovenian: “Tempelj kraljice Hačepsut”
- Spanish: “Templo funerario de Hatshepsut”
- Turkish: “Hatşepsut Tapınağı”
- Ukrainian: “Заупокійний храм Хатшепсут”
- Urdu: “معبد حتشپسوت (اقصر)”
- Urdu: “معبد حتشپسوت”
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