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| navigate by keyword : temple monument sculpture statue art ruins wall rock column architecture history landmark arch carving wood building west porticoes columns arranged two rows north portico single row reliefs terrace notable mortuary south depicts expedition land punt transportation exotic goods thebes narrate divine birth hatshepsut thutmose represented amun ahmose legitimizing rule royal lineage godly progeny statues |
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| The west porticoes contain 22 columns arranged in two rows while the north portico contains 15 columns in a single row.[41] The reliefs of the west porticoes of this terrace are the most notable from the mortuary temple. The south-west portico depicts the expedition to the Land of Punt and the transportation of exotic goods to Thebes. The north-west portico reliefs narrate the divine birth of Hatshepsut to Thutmose I, represented as Amun-Re, and Ahmose. Thus legitimizing her rule both by royal lineage and godly progeny |
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