Dismantling, relocation, and reconstruction of the internal rooms of the Lower Anubis Shrine in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari

2025, 34, No. 1


Publication date

31.12.2025

Submission date

09.12.2024

Acceptance date

09.03.2025

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open access

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Humanities

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archeology

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English

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Abstract

The article seeks to address the cause of the significant structural damage observed in the walls of the two rearmost rooms of the Lower Anubis Shrine — namely, the Sanctuary and the Niche. Previously, this damage was attributed to the pressure exerted by the surrounding rock in the northern part of the temple’s Middle and Upper Terraces. However, recent research indicates that both rooms were relocated from another part of the temple during Hatshepsut’s reign. The process of dismantling and transporting the walls during this relocation appears to have caused serious damage to the blocks.

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