Outside Overview

As seen when you arrive from the OAM ticket office. Front (south) and eastern side. Looking north.

View of the OAM near RC. From left (south): the White Chapel (12. dyn.), 2 alabaster chapels (Tm IV and Tm III, 18. dyn.) and front (south) of RC. Looking north-west

Front (south) and east side. The name stone of the building is to the right of the steps. Behind RC (north) is the new Tuthmose IV courtyard reconstruction. Looking north-west.

The name stone at the front and right (east) of the entrance to the Red Chapel

Front (south) and west side. Looking north-east

Exterior South (Front) wall

Front door (south), looking inside the vestibule. Seen from the south-east.

Front of RC (south) and some of the west side, seen from the south-west

Front side (south), the upper part to the left of the entrance door (west), course 4-9. HR

Front side (south), the upper part to the right of the entrance door (east), course 4-9

Front side (south). Detail. Blocks. Right (west) of the door, course 3-4.

Front side (south), the upper part to the left of the entrance door (west), course 4-9.

Exterior North (Back) wall

Back entrance side (north), the sanctuary west wall is seen inside. Seen from the north-north-east.

Back side (north), the part to the left of the back door (east), course 1½-8. Details of some of the blocks, see next two

Detail. Black base blocks to the left (east) of the back door. The 3 Nile gods and the goddess, who represent the 4 southernmost nomes in Egypt, from right to left: Elephantine, Edfu area, Hierakonpolis, and Waset (Theben). All face the back door

Back side (north), representation of the Heb-sed, with the ritual running of the Pharaoh

Back side (north), the part to the right of the back door (west), course 3-8.

Back entrance side (north), and east wall inside the sanctuary. Note the drain

Back entrance. Modern steps to the back door. We tested the drain from the sanctuary.

Exterior East wall

East side, southern end. The obelisk block is no. 2 from left in course 7

East side, the southern 2/3 of the wall. Seen from the front (south). The Opet festival is on course 3 (2. red), with way station 6 to the left (south), the missing left (last) block would have been the Luxor temple ?. Cont. on next

East side, center part. Opet festival in the 2. red course.Cont. on next

East side, the northern end. Start of the Opet festival in the 2. red course at the corner

Detail

East side. Detail. Blocks. 3. block from the north corner (left), course 3 (2. red). The Opet festival procession from the 1. station to the 2. way station; part of the 1. station on the block to the right.

Detail. Blocks. 3., 2. and 1. block from the north corner, course 3 (2. red). The Opet festival. The 1. station. Cont. from previous

Detail. Blocks. 1. block from the north corner, course 3 (2. red). The Opet festival. The bark in Karnak temple and the procession to the 1. station.

East side, the southern 3/4 of the wall. Seen from the back (north). The Opet festival is on course 3 (2. red), the missing block at right was way station no. 2.

East side. Detail. Blocks. 3. block from the south corner, course 5 (4. red). A bark with a funerary chapel ? (like the 1. shrine of Tutankhamun) is towed by another boat

Exterior West wall

West side, southern end. (no. 1/8). Cont. on next

West side, southern part left. (no. 2/8). Cont. on next

Detail

West side, center and southern part. (no. 3/8). Cont. on next

West side, center part. (no. 4/8). Cont. on next

West side. Detail. Blocks. Course 3-7, center. The jubilating Hatshepsut, course 5

West side, northern part right. (no. 6/8). Cont. on next. The acrobat block

West side, northern part left. (no. 7/8). Cont. on next

West side, northern end.

West side. Detail. Block. Block 2 from the northern corner (left), course 3 (2. red)

West side. Detail. Block 4 from the northern corner (left), course 1 (black base blocks). Nile gods representing some of the Delta nomes. Base block 1-3 are missing, so this is the first from the back (north) of the preserved blocks at the west side. All the gods or goddesses are looking towards the back (north) of the chapel.

West side. Detail. Block no. 287. Course 2 (1. red), center. The block with the text: year 2, month 2, day 29.

West side. Detail. Blocks. First blocks in course 3-4 (2.-3. red) from the southern corner.

West side. Seen from the back (north). Note the higher front wall (south) and the protruding ends at top.

Inside Overview

Inside the sanctuary, seen from the back door (north) towards the front. The east wall and the door to the vestibule. The drain goes towards the back door.

View from the front door (south) to the back door. The 'bathtub' in the vestibule and the two platforms in the sanctuary.

The eastern door between the sanctuary and the vestibule. The 20 cm lower floor level in the sanctuary. In the corner, below the door post, on the original treshold block there is a cartouche with the throne name of Hatshepsut | (Maat-ka-…), the 'Ra' is missing. The lower paving stone in the sanctuary with the hole for the door is new.

Sanctuary. The northern platform and the paving stones in the north end of the sanctuary. Seen from the back (north) door

The back (north) door seen from the middle of the sancturary. The northern platform and the drain. In the background (north) the new Tuthmose IV reconstruction

Sanctuary floor, northern part, seen from the back door, looking south. The northernmost platform and the drain towards the back door. The irregular protruding shape of the lower part of the platform is rather puzzling.

Sanctuary. Paving stone between the two platforms. The 'upper' part of the stone is set against the lower platform in the south of the sanctuary. It has the same motif as the 1st course of blocks above the plinth in the sanctuary, where the ankh sign on the basket, always are on the side towards the vestibule (south)

Vestibule West wall

Corner of the west wall and the front door (south) to the left.

West wall and the door to the sanctuary. The four lower courses. The rekhyt birds are in 1st course.

Corner of the west wall and the door to the sanctuary. Only the 3 upper courses (4-6) of black stone in the door have been preserved.

West wall. Courses (4-8)

Vestibule East wall

Corner of the east wall and the left door post of the front door; course 3 (half) to 8.

Corner of the east wall and the left door post of the front door; course 3 to 8.

Vestibule. East wall, upper southern corner (front). Course 3-8. Text see next

East wall, lower southern corner (front). Course 1-6. On the 2 blocks in course 3, the decoration overlaps blocks, a very unusual fact in the RC.

Vestibule. East wall, upper part of the wall and northern corner..

Course 2, block no. 2 from the south corner (front). Hatshepsut has got a new head.

Course 3, at the southern corner. The decoration continues from one block to the other, which is very unusual in the RC.

Sanctuary West wall

Corner of the west wall and the door to the vestibule. Course 1-5 and the lower 20 cms plinth.

Southern part. Course 1-7.

Center to northern part. Course 2-6. (Strange colors, the shadow has become violet !) See detail next .

Center, course 4-6. The two big blocks in course 5, are no. 3 and 4 from the northern corner (right).

Southern corner at the door to the vestibule. The 1. course just above plinth. Note the small cartouches in the djed-pillars with the throne name of Hatshepsut |(Maat-ka-Ra). Note that the ankh sign on the basket always are on the side towards the vestibule (south).

Sanctuary East wall

Sanctuary. East wall, the north-eastern corner. Course 1-8. Cont. on next

Sanctuary. East wall, northern center part. Course 2-8

Sanctuary. East wall, center and southern part. Course 1-8. The shadow is very black

Sanctuary. East wall. Detail. Block. Southern corner at the door to the vestibule. The 1. course just above the 20 cm high plinth, note the lettuce frieze. Note that the ankh sign on the basket, always are on the side towards the vestibule (south). See west wall

Sanctuary. East wall and northern doorway.

Sanctuary. East wall, northern end. Course 4-8

Sanctuary. East wall, center-south. Course 4-6

Corner of back wall (north) and east wall. Course 2 and just some of the first with the djed-pillar frieze