Hatshepsut's Temple In Deir El-Bahari

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Hatshepsut’s Temple in Deir el-Bahari was designed in the traditional Egyptian architecture. As sacred temples in ancient architecture, Djeser-Djeseruwas designed in an axial procession where as a person proceeds into the space it starts to get smaller and more private. Also this building has representation of contraction and expansion while walking throughout the building; one example is the how the ramp narrows down, while ending up in an open and wide courtyard. It is a linear and symmetric building, from the entrance there is an axis that leads straight to the most sacred part of the building, Amon-Ra’s sanctuary. This sanctuary is the most important room (hierarchy) and it was carved, subtracted, into the mountain making it safer and

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