Dayr al-Baḥrī: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Dair al-Baḥrī • Deir el-Bahri

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Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī, Egypt

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

Dayr al-Baḥrī: temple of Hatshepsut

ancient Egyptian dress

Hatshepsut's Temple

Temples of Mentuhotep II (left) and Queen Hatshepsut (right) at Dayr al-Baḥrī in Thebes, Egypt.

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Side view of the Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu rising behind it on the Giza Plateau near Cairo, Egypt.

ancient Egypt

ancient civilization

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Egypt

country, Africa

temple of Hatshepsut

Thebes

ancient city, Egypt

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Gaston Maspero

French Egyptologist

Map showing the extent of the Ancient Egyptian Empire during the New Kingdom period of Thutmose III, highlighted in orange, covering Egypt, the Nile River valley, Sinai, and stretching northeast through Palestine, Phoenicia, and Syria. The map also marks the Fertile Crescent and neighboring regions such as Assyria and Babylonia in pink, with key cities and geographic features labeled.

Thutmose III

king of Egypt

Hatshepsut

Hatshepsut

ruler of Egypt

Mariette

Auguste Mariette

French archaeologist

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Mentuhotep II

king of Egypt

Al-Jizah. Giza Necropolis, Giza Plateau, Cairo, Egypt. Side view of Sphinx with the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops) rising in the background. The sides of all three of the Giza pyramids are astronomically oriented to be north-south, east-west (see notes)

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