Photo by Niki Whitehouse
Luxor city, Hatshepsut Temple, West Bank.. A column with Hatshepsut royal tittles that was left intact on purpose to refer to her in spite of being the rest of her names and tittles were chis
eled
out from the rest of the temple. The text reads (from the top) Her
Coronation name (Maat –ka-Ra) then , daughter of Ra ( the sun and the
duck) from her father’s body then her second cartouche which has her
birth-name (Ghen-met- Emen –Hat-shep-sut) “the first choice Princess”
,then below of it reads Amun-Ra lord of thrones ,lord of the two lands.
May life to be granted (given) to his beloved(Hatshepsut).Written by
Yasser Kamel for Museumegypt,Copyright@museumegypt. All rights reserved.
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