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Leave it to a powerful woman to create an erection like this one. This is one solid piece of granite, it was quarried on the Island Sehel, in Aswan and floated down the Nile to Luxor and erected in the Temple of Amun in Karnak. This is one of many wonders that Queen Hatchepsut erected. in my opinion, she was one of the first feminists. Likewise, she was the only female to actually be considered a Pharaoh; which is probably one of the reasons why most of her temples and monuments were defaced after her death. The reliefs in temples bearing her image have had the heads carved off, the faces ground out... and her statues were buried in various locations throughout Egypt. One such location, was recently found in Luxor, uncovering many headless statues of the Queen/Goddess.
1 comment:
wow, did you take that picture yourself? it's amazing, your blog contains alot of very nice photographs, and i was wondering if you could send me some similar ones, i would like to see more of your work, please drop me a line @ draconslegacy@gmail.com and keep me poasted
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