Four seasons of documentation in the main sanctuary of Amun-Re in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari Cover Image

Four seasons of documentation in the main sanctuary of Amun-Re in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
Four seasons of documentation in the main sanctuary of Amun-Re in the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari

Author(s): Franciszek Pawlicki
Subject(s): Archaeology, Architecture, Ethnohistory, Ancient World
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: sanctuary; Amun-Re; Horus Behdeti; skylight; graffiti; cryptogram;

Summary/Abstract: Four seasons of documentation have supplied pertinent data to indicate that the Main Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari was perceived from a theological perspective as a cult place for the local form of Foremost of Dsr-Dsrw and for the royal worship of Hatshepsut connected with it. The latter aspect was of sufficient significance to warrant twice a far-going modification of the decoration of the tympanum of the east wall of the Bark Hall, influencing the way the Inner Sanctuary was illuminated.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: XXV
  • Page Range: 303-314
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English