The Solar Altar in the Hatshepsut temple at Deir el-Bahari
The Solar Altar in the Hatshepsut temple at Deir el-Bahari
Author(s): Teresa DziedzicSubject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Deir el-Bahari; Hatshepsut; Complex of the Sun Cult; Solar Altar; theoretical reconstruction
Summary/Abstract: The article reconsiders the architectural and egyptological evidence for the appearance of the Solar Altar in the Solar Cult Complex of the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari, summarized within the framework of the author’s extended architectural study of this complex carried out since 2002. The results have provided grounds for a tentative reconstruction of the Solar Altar assuming the presence of an offering table and two obelisks or just an offering table on the altar platform.
Journal: Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: XXII
- Page Range: 635-649
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
