View of an inner section of the Pharaoh Hatshepsut mortuary temple, with a lot of paintings on the walls

The Egyptian pharaohs believed in a lot of paintings and carvings inside their temples, and so it was in the mortuary temple for the female Pharaoh Hatshepsut in Deir El Bahri near Luxor in Egypt. The temple was constructed in the 14th century BC, but even after millenia, the paintings still retain their color.
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