Side section of the outside of the temple of Hatshepsut - Egypt

Side section of the outside of the temple of Hatshepsut - Egypt

A side section of the outside of the temple of Hatshepsut; the temple looks magnificent when you see it from the front. The temple is for one of the few female pharaoh (although everyone only thinks of Cleopatra when you mention female pharaoh).#Hatshepsut. few female The temple is dedicated to the the God Amun and to the pharaoh. The temple is a grand construction, with three layered terraces, reaching a height of 29.5 meters tall. There were many sculptures of the pharaoh here, but many of them were destroyed by her successor and stepson Thutmose III after she died. 

Book: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt
http://amzn.to/2aMPd7x 

The temple was magnificent; but we had gone in February and the temperature was very hot even then, so watch the temperature before you go if you cannot stand very hot weather.