Hatshepsut Temple

The Hatshepsut Temple tour at Deir el-Bahari is to take a road of the afterlife world of the pharaohs. It is where they were raised to the sky by a solar boat to be gods as per their beliefs. Each inch of this tour takes you to the pharaohs’ wonders.

Wherever you go, you meet the dazzling of ancient Egypt. In that way, the Kings and Queens had put their treasure and filled their tombs with magical inscriptions. These engravings uncover the mysteries of ancient Egypt.

Then, a charming temple carved by the Pharaonic hands in the heart of a hill with three terraces will meet you marvelously. It appears with great high columns engraved with charming inscriptions. That is how the amazement of the Temple of Hatshepsut.

There, you wander amid one of the most important mysteries and secrets in ancient Egypt. Especially during the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. How did the ancient Egyptian workers carve this temple with the highest accuracy ever in the heart of a mountain?

All of that was because Hatshepsut wanted to prove to the Egyptian people her strength and ability to rule Egypt. Also, she wanted to send a clear, powerful message to those aspiring to invade Egypt that the one who rules Egypt is a strong woman. Yes, Hatshepsut was the first woman in ancient Egypt to rule, but how?

On Golavita tours to Hatshepsut Temple, you can uncover from our unique Egyptologist the complete story, its facts and mysteries, and the points that were left by Hatshepsut herself.

Hatshepsut Temple Facts

Inscriptions say that Hatshepsut was the girl of the god Amun, while other engravings narrate for you that Hatshepsut was the girl of Thutmose I. Then she married her half-brother Thutmose II, from whom she had no children to be the crown prince!

So that Thutmose II’s heir would be his son Thutmose III, who is his illegitimate son. However, Thutmose III was only 11 years old when his father died, and Hatshepsut took advantage of this point to become Tuthmosis III’s guardian. From this point on, she controlled the government of the country.

Actually, Hatshepsut saw that she had the right to control Egypt as she was the daughter of a royal pharaoh and the wife of a royal pharaoh. From here, the conflict between Here and Thutmose III began.

With Golavita’s Egyptologist, you will uncover a fact that Hatshepsut wanted to narrate for her people, enemies, and you also now. Amid the majestic pharaonic columns and magnificent statues, you will find a wonderful shrine full of pharaonic secrets. You arrive at engravings of the face of a woman with cow’s ears carrying a musical instrument, representing the birth of Hatshepsut. Uncover, amid these inscriptions, if Hatshepsut had the complete right to power in Egypt. Complete the full story by living the history amid the places where the events happened to uncover if Thutmose III was wronged or not. 

See this figure of Horus, which is a falcon. It is flying from the second courtyard to the third level. To begin another mystery from the Hatshepsut era.