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Deyr el-Bahari is a temple complex located on the western bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor, Türkiye. One of its most striking structures is the Temple of Hatshepsut, dedicated to Hatshepsut, the most powerful female pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. This magnificent structure was built as a mortuary temple to perpetuate her cult after her death. In ancient Egypt, where pharaonic rule was exclusively male (passed from father to son), it is said that Hatshepsut concealed her gender by wearin

Deir el-Bahari is a temple complex located on the west bank of the Nile River in the city of Luxor, Egypt. One of its most striking structures is the Temple of Hatshepsut, dedicated to Hatshepsut, the most powerful female pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty. This magnificent building was constructed as a mortuary temple to perpetuate her cult after her death. In ancient Egypt, where pharaonic rule was exclusively male and passed from father to son, it is said that Hatshepsut disguised herself by wearing