Hatshepsut's Mortuary Temple at Deir el Bahri |
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In the years after her reign, her successors defaced the temple at Deir el Bahri and monuments she built, selectively removing her name or replacing it with their own. It is not known if Thutmosis III ordered the actual defacement out of anger at her assumption of power during his youth. There is some archeological evidence that the defacement of Hatshepsut's Temple at Deir el Bahri took place 20 years after her death-- a long time to hold a grudge. Thutmosis III ruled for thirty-three years in his own right.
Scenes of the voyage to Punt where located on the bottom tier of the Mortuary Temple at Deir El Bahri. The Temple at Deir el Bahri served as a record of the major events of Hatshepsut's reign. There are scenes depicting a trading expedition to Punt and the quarrying of the two obelisks she commissioned for Karnak,one of which still stands today. There are also scenes of her coronation.
This is the stele commemorating the installation of the obelisks, showing Hatshepsut on the left.
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