{"id":18802,"date":"2026-09-23T08:38:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/monuments\/temple-of-hatshepsut\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T08:38:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T08:38:40","slug":"temple-of-hatshepsut","status":"publish","type":"monument","link":"https:\/\/bookegypttravel.com\/en\/monuments\/temple-of-hatshepsut\/","title":{"rendered":"Temple of Hatshepsut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari is one of the most elegant buildings of ancient Egypt. Its three colonnaded terraces rise from the desert floor into the sheer limestone cliffs of the Theban mountain, designed by the architect Senenmut.<\/p>\n<p>Reliefs along the colonnades record the queen\u2019s divine birth and the famous trading expedition to the land of Punt. After her death her successor Thutmose III ordered her name and images chiselled away \u2014 many of the erasures are still visible.<\/p>\n<h2>What you will see<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The three terraces and their painted colonnades.<\/li>\n<li>Scenes of the expedition to Punt, with its ships and incense trees.<\/li>\n<li>The sanctuary of Amun and the chapel of Hathor.<\/li>\n<li>The cliffs of Deir el-Bahari above the temple.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Practical tips<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The site is a short drive from the Valley of the Kings \u2014 combine the two.<\/li>\n<li>There is a small road train from the car park to the temple.<\/li>\n<li>Visit early; the terraces face east and heat up quickly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A terraced mortuary temple built into the cliffs of Deir el-Bahari for Egypt\u2019s most famous female pharaoh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18545,"template":"","monument-region":[564],"class_list":["post-18802","monument","type-monument","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","monument-region-luxor-upper-egypt"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - 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