Tombs of Deir el-Bahari in Luxor

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Tombs of Deir el-Bahari | The temple of Queen Hatshepsut and the tombs of nobles and high officials in Luxor, Ancient Egypt.

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What is the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari?

Tombs of Deir el-Bahari site includes a collection of Pharaonic Temples in Luxor, containing 3 Pharaonic temples, 12 royal tombs and tombs of nobles on the west bank of the Nile.

Why is the place called Deir el-Bahari

In the 7th century AD, the Copts used the place as their seat of worship, especially the temple of Queen Hatshepsut, and was subsequently launched. The name of the northern monastery near the river.

Who built the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari?

The architect Senenmout.

Why was the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari site built?

Queen Hatshepsut built her own temple and the whole place to use it to perform religious rituals in other life after death.

Who is the king who built the temple of Deir El Bahari?

Queen Hatshepsut.

Facts Tombs of Deir el-Bahari:

1. The design of the Pharaonic Tombs in the area is carved into the mountain rocks and descends a staircase as in some of the designs of the tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
2. A royal cachette containing 40 pharaonic mummies was discovered there.
3. You can see the site from above during a hot air balloon flight.
4. The site contains tombs from the Middle Kingdom and Ptolemaic periods.
5. One of the most important tombs at the Site of Deir El Bahari is that of the architect Senenmout responsible for the design and construction of the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. But his grave was vandalized, but it retains a suitable inscription on the walls.
6. Curiously, Senenmout’s tomb contains a corridor 92 meters underground and his mummy was buried in a cemetery near the temple of Hatshepsut.
7. One of the most important discoveries in the area was the discovery of a stone box in 2020 dating back to 3,500 BC, where the box was covered with linen cloth as well as a wooden box containing cartridges for King Thutmose II.

Tombs of the site of Deir El Bahari:

Tombs of Deir el-Bahari contains 12 royal tombs of the wives and sons of Pharaonic kings as well as nobles and honorable people of the state in Pharaonic civilization.

List of tombs of pharaonic nobles, queens, and princes at the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari:

What temples are there in the site?

Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut:

• Opening date: November 1997
• Temple Type: Funerary Temple
• Pharaonic dynasty: 18th
• Temple Age: 3500 years
• Location: Left bank of the Nile in front of  Luxor
• Temple construction time: 15 years
• Kings and high official buried in the temple: Senenmout, Herihour.
• Learn more about the history and secrets of the Temple of Hatshepsut.

Temple of King Thutmose III:

King Thutmosis III built the temple next to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut,  but it is currently completely destroyed as a result of a strong earthquake in the area as well as climatic conditions and the temple’s inability to withstand erosion conditions. 

Funerary temple of Montou Hetep II:

King Montou Hetep II built a temple next to his tomb in the Valley of the Kings as well as a collection of royal  tombs of queens, sons and nobles during his reign under dynasty XI.

King Montou Hetep II was the first to build a funerary temple on the left bank of Thebes, but only ruins  remain.

What is the secret to discovering the royal cachette of Deir El Bahari?

• In 1871, an archaeological tomb was discovered by chance by the Abdul Rasoul family during the excavation of pharaonic relics in the area.
• 40 mummies have been discovered for the kings of the pharaohs of the 18th and 19th dynasties, including a mummy, as well as the mummy of the kings of the 21st  dynasty.
• Among the mummies discovered in the cachette we can mention  King  Ahmes I, King Ramses I, King Ramses II, King Ramses IX, King Thutmose I, King Thutmose III, King Thutmose II.
• Another 153 coffins and mummies were discovered for the priests of the temple, a collection of papyri and wooden boxes containing statues of chaoabti.
• The family of Ahmed Abdul Rasoul, who lives in Luxor, sold all the jewels and treasures of and pharaonic goods discovered in  the  hideout for 10 years.
• However, the entrance to the cemetery was banned in 1881 AD and all property in the archaeological cemetery was bannedunder the supervision of Gaston Maspero, at the time head of the Egyptian Antiquities Authority.
• The story is due to  the  conflict between the three brothers of the Abdel Rasoul  family over each of others share of the pharaonic treasure and after their arrest after one of the antique dealers reported them to the Egyptian government and then one of the brothers handed over the Egyptian police instead of the hideout.
• The royal tombs were stolen by tomb robbers from the 20th Pharaonic dynasty, so the kings of the 21st dynasty thought of finding a solution to prevent the theft of mummies and royal treasures.
• Priest Pinejem suggested that all the mummies of kings, queens and nobles be assembled and rebenterréed together in a single cemetery, more than 150 coffins, a collection of funerary papyri, treasures, jewelry and 40 mummies were buried in the tomb of TT320 next to the temple of Queen Hatshepsut.
• A German-Russian mission in cooperation with the Egyptian government is restoring the hideout.
• A mummy of a screaming man and a mummy of a woman named Merit Amon were found screaming strangely with her mouth open.
• An Egyptian archaeologist has discovered that the mummy of the austere man of the son King Ramses II who killed him and the mummy died of heart attack.
• The discovery records the oldest death case caused by a heart attack  in history for the screaming lady.

Address of the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari:

The left bank of the Nile, Luxor, Egypt.

Dates of visit of the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari:

• Sunday: 09:00 . at 17:00.
• Monday: 09:00 to 17:00.
• Tuesday: 09:00 . at 17:00.
• Wednesday: 09:00 . at 17:00.
• Thursday: 09:00 to 17:00.
• Friday: 09:00. At 17:00.
• Saturday: 09:00 to 17:00.

Ticket prices for the Tombs of Deir el-Bahari:

• The price of a tourist ticket = 140 Egyptian pounds.
• The ticket price of a foreign student = 70 Egyptian pounds.
• The price of an Egyptian ticket = 20 Egyptian pounds.
• The price of an Egyptian student’s ticket = 5 Egyptian pounds.

Author & Writer: Tamer Ahmed Abd elfatah Yousif

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