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The Valley of the Kings, The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Upper Egypt by Augustus Osborne Lamplough
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The Valley of the Kings, The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, Upper Egypt by Augustus Osborne Lamplough
Bast be in charge of queen Hatshepsut's sphinx 😹 don't you dare come closer 😹
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The female pharaoh Hatshepsut depicted in male form, presents an offering of nu-jar's at her temple, Djeser-Djeseru ("Holy of Holies"), c. 1479 B.C.
Smiling Pillars of Hathor at the Temple of Hatshepsut (Holy of Holies), c. 1470 B.C.
The Sphinx of Memphis is alabaster sphinx statue dated around Egypt's 18th Dynasty (c. 1500–1400 BCE). May depict Hatshepsut. Found in 1912 CE in the ruins of Memphis the ancient political capital near Cairo.
Photo taken by me at the Memphis open air museum in 2024.
Last year I came up with some designs for these two iconic queens, so I thought it would have been nice if I could make a little infographic out of it!
So here's my rendition of Hatshepsut and Sobekneferu!
My beautiful Hatshepsut is starting to develop cataracts as she gets up in years. This is no big deal in captivity as she mostly hunts by smell and there are no predators to take advantage of her decreased vision.
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