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Dayr al-Bahri
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Dayr al-Bahri

 or Deir al-Bahri

Temple site, Egypt. Located on the western bank of the Nile River near the remains of Thebes and opposite the ruins of Karnak, it encompasses the remains of three temples associated with three different Egyptian rulers: the funerary temple of King Mentuhotep II (built c. 1970 BC); a temple built by Thutmose III (c. 1435 BC); and the terraced temple of Queen Hatshepsut (built c. 1470 BC), much of which has been restored.



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Hatshepsut was one of the most prolific builder pharaohs of ancient Egypt, commissioning hundreds of construction projects; however the masterpiece of Hatshepsut's building projects was her mortuary temple complex at Deir el-Bahri, which is considered to be among the great buildings of the ancient world, it was designed and implemented by Senemut on a site on the West Bank of the Nile River near the entrance to the Valley of the Kings.
Among them are Hatshepsut's terraced temple at Deir el-Bahri and Rameses II's Ramesseum.
Separate entries are provided for each of the most important sites, covering monuments as diverse as the Step pyramid of Djoser (the world's first significant stone building), the tombs of the Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut's mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri and the great Ptolemaic temples that line the Upper Nile.
 
 
 
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