Relief, Temple of Hatshepsut, Theban Necropolis, Egypt

Beautiful Festival of the Valley, an annual celebration of the dead at the Theban Necropolis, painted bas-relief on the east wall of the central courtyard on the upper or 3rd terrace, at the mortuary temple of Hatshepsut, built 15th century BC, at Deir el-Bahari in the Theban Necropolis, Thebes, Luxor, Egypt. Queen Hatshepsut was the 5th pharaoh of the 18th dynasty in the New Kingdom. The temple consists of 3 terraces built into the cliffs, with the sanctuary of the barque of Amun-Re, Hathor shrine and Anubis shrine. The Theban Necropolis is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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