Two Temples In Egypt

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In the essay today I shall be speaking about Egypt in an archaeological sense, the major sites that were found and the excavations that took place , the major sites I shall be discussing in my essay will be two temples found in Egypt .first off I shall discus the temple of karnak ,and the second I shall discuss the temple of Hatshepsut, these temples represent two different things yet they are both connected through the pharaohs of the past, I shall explain how these two temples are connected later in the essay. The questions I wish to answer in this is essay are as follows, first off with the most obvious question why were these magnificent temples built? For what purpose did they serve? What materials were used and what technology did they …show more content…

Hathsepsut's expedition to Punt was a great success and so she included a series of images of the trip to remember it. The information shows the expedition leaving Egypt in two boats and arriving in the exotic land of Punt. A small force had established a camp to protect the traders, but the people of Punt welcome them in friendship and so no fighting was necessary. The chief and his wife greet the Egyptians saying "How have you arrived at this land unknown to the men of Egypt? Have you come down from the roads of the Heavens? Or have you navigated the sea of Ta-nuter? You must have followed the path of the sun. As for the King of Egypt, there is no road which is inaccessible to His Majesty; we live by the breath he grants to us."The Chief of Punt (named Parahu) and his wife (who is depicted as being extremely obese) are introduced to an Egyptian officer and then they visit their village in which the houses seem to sit on stilts. The Egyptians hold a feast for the people of Punt, who in turn given them incense, gold and precious gems. The Egyptians then return to their boats carrying all kinds of exotic and precious items described in the accompanying text as; "all goodly fragrant woods, heaps of myrrh-resin, with fresh myrrh trees, with ebony and pure ivory, green gold of Amu, cinnamon-wood, khesyt-wood, ahmut-incense, senter-incense, eye makeup, apes, monkeys, dogs, skins of the southern panther, and with natives and their