After departing the Valley of the Kings, we drove about 30min or so to the Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. This temple was beautiful, but sadly all of the faces of the statues of Queen Hatshepsut were destroyed by her son who was P.O.ed that his mother ruled in his stead for 21 years or so. Interestingly, all of the anchient Egyptian artwork depicts men as being reddish brown and the women as being white, this is because Egyptian women typically spent most of their tim indoors. All paintings of Queen Hatshepsut stand out though because they are reddish brown as well. Apparently she travelled tirelessly to accumulate treasure and take care of the Egyptian people, giving her a man like tan.
The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut is situated beneath the cliffs at Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the Nile near the Valley of the Kings in Egypt. Designed by the architect Senemut, the mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is located next to the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, which served both as an inspiration, and later, a quarry. It is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." (Copied and pasted from Wikipedia)
Some pics from inside the temple
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