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Photos in this gallery are of the West Bank Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri under the cliffs of the Theban hill
Hatshepsut Anubis Relief EG805JHP 
 Hatshepsut Temple decorations terraces Anubis offering food painted wall reliefs colours and unlike most are accessible for photographing and lit by natural light. This magnificent mortuary temple is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor at an area called Deir el-Bahri and built into the base of the cliffs of the Theban Hill behind which are branches of the Valley of the Kings. In this photograph from the lower terrace shows the classic star sky ceiling and the God Anubis in front of a huge offering feast. 
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Hatshepsut Temple
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Hatshepsut Anubis Relief EG805JHP
Upload Date: 2010-07-06 22:10:37
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Hatshepsut Temple decorations terraces Anubis offering food painted wall reliefs

colours and unlike most are accessible for photographing and lit by natural light. This magnificent mortuary temple is located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor at an area called Deir el-Bahri and built into the base of the cliffs of the Theban Hill behind which are branches of the Valley of the Kings. In this photograph from the lower terrace shows the classic star sky ceiling and the God Anubis in front of a huge offering feast.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, West Bank, Deir el-Bahri, el-Bahari, Dayr, Hatshepsut, mortuary, Temple, colonnade, terraces, upright, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, history, Egyptology, wall, painting, offering, Anubis, Amun, food, drink, wine, ducks, meat, fruit, flowers, colourful, colorful, colours, colors, hieroglyphs, stars, ceiling, transparency, scanned