11 of the Most Ancient Temples in the World
Temple of Hatshepsut
Location: Egypt. Built: Around 1,470 B.C. Also known as Djeser-Djeseru, this ancient funerary shrine in Egypt was designed by pharaoh Hatshepsut’s royal architect, Senenmut, and can be recognized by its lengthy colonnade and many terraces. Although many of the site’s original statues and ornaments have been stolen or destroyed over the years, its relief depicting the divine birth of a female pharaoh is still intact. A monastery was built on top of the temple in the seventh century A.D. The site's first large-scale excavation took place in the 1890s and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptologist Herbert E. Winlock led an excavation and restoration of the site from 1923 to 1931.
Location: Egypt. Built: Around 1,470 B.C. Also known as Djeser-Djeseru, this ancient funerary shrine in Egypt was designed by pharaoh Hatshepsut’s royal architect, Senenmut, and can be recognized by its lengthy colonnade and many terraces. Although many of the site’s original statues and ornaments have been stolen or destroyed over the years, its relief depicting the divine birth of a female pharaoh is still intact. A monastery was built on top of the temple in the seventh century A.D. The site's first large-scale excavation took place in the 1890s and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Egyptologist Herbert E. Winlock led an excavation and restoration of the site from 1923 to 1931.
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13 January 2023
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