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Inside Overview
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Inside the sanctuary,
seen from the back door (north) towards the
front. The east wall and the door to the vestibule.
The drain goes towards the back door.
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View from the front
door (south) to the back door. The 'bathtub'
in the vestibule and the two platforms in
the sanctuary.
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| The eastern door between
the sanctuary and the vestibule. The 20 cm lower
floor level in the sanctuary. In the corner, below
the door post, on the original treshold block
there is a cartouche with the throne name of Hatshepsut
|(Maat-ka-...), the 'Ra' is missing. The lower
paving stone in the sanctuary with the hole for
the door is new. |
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Sanctuary. The northern
platform and the paving stones in the north
end of the sanctuary. Seen from the back (north)
door
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The back (north) door
seen from the middle of the sancturary. The
northern platform and the drain. In the background
(north) the new Tuthmose IV reconstruction
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Sanctuary floor,
northern part, seen from the back door, looking
south. The northernmost platform and the drain
towards the back door. The irregular protruding
shape of the lower part of the platform is
rather puzzling.
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Sanctuary. Paving
stone between the two platforms. The 'upper'
part of the stone is set against the lower
platform in the south of the sanctuary. It
has the same motif as the 1st course of blocks
above the plinth in the sanctuary, where the
ankh sign on the basket, always are on the
side towards the vestibule (south)
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Vestibule West wall
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Corner of the west
wall and the front door (south) to the left.
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West wall and the
door to the sanctuary. The four lower courses.
The rekhyt birds are in 1st course.
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Corner of the west
wall and the door to the sanctuary. Only the
3 upper courses (4-6) of black stone in the
door have been preserved.
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West wall. Courses
(4-8)
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Vestibule East wall
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Corner of the east
wall and the left door post of the front door;
course 3 (half) to 8.
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Corner of the east
wall and the left door post of the front door;
course 3 to 8.
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| Vestibule.
East wall, upper southern corner (front). Course
3-8. Text see next |
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East wall, lower southern
corner (front). Course 1-6. On the 2 blocks
in course 3, the decoration overlaps blocks,
a very unusual fact in the RC.
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Vestibule. East wall,
upper part of the wall and northern corner..
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Course 2, block no.
2 from the south corner (front). Hatshepsut
has got a new head.
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Course 3, at the
southern corner. The decoration continues
from one block to the other, which is very
unusual in the RC.
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Sanctuary West wall
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Corner of the west
wall and the door to the vestibule. Course
1-5 and the lower 20 cms plinth.
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Southern part. Course
1-7.
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| Center to
northern part. Course 2-6. (Strange colors, the
shadow has become violet !) See detail next .
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Center, course 4-6.
The two big blocks in course 5, are no. 3
and 4 from the northern corner (right).
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Southern corner at
the door to the vestibule. The 1. course just
above plinth. Note the small cartouches in
the djed-pillars with the throne name of Hatshepsut
|(Maat-ka-Ra). Note that the ankh sign on
the basket always are on the side towards
the vestibule (south).
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Sanctuary East wall
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Sanctuary. East wall,
the north-eastern corner. Course 1-8. Cont.
on next
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Sanctuary. East wall,
northern center part. Course 2-8
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| Sanctuary.
East wall, center and southern part. Course 1-8.
The shadow is very black |
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Sanctuary. East wall.
Detail. Block. Southern corner at the door
to the vestibule. The 1. course just above
the 20 cm high plinth, note the lettuce frieze.
Note that the ankh sign on the basket, always
are on the side towards the vestibule (south).
See west wall
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Sanctuary. East wall
and northern doorway.
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Sanctuary. East wall,
northern end. Course 4-8
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Sanctuary. East wall,
center-south. Course 4-6
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Corner of back wall
(north) and east wall. Course 2 and just some
of the first with the djed-pillar frieze
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