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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

Mortuary temples (or memorial temples) were temples constructed adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, royal tombs in the Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom periods of Ancient Egypt. The temples were designed to commemorate the reign of the pharaoh by whom they were built, as well as for use by the pharaoh's cult after death. The most famous mortuary temples, are Djeser-Djeseru constructed by Hatshepsut, the Ramesseum commissioned by Ramesses II, and the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II, alongside Hatshepsut's at Deir el-Bahri.

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Places: Nile \| Upper and Lower Egypt \| Abu Simbel \| Abydos/Abdju \| Alexandria \| Al Fayyum/Atef-Pehu \| Amarna/Akhetaten \| Dahshur \| Edfu \| Elephantine/Abu/Yebu \| Giza \| Heliopolis/Annu/Iunu \| Karnak \| Luxor \| Memphis/Ineb Hedj \| Philae/Pilak \| Qift/Coptos \| Rosetta \| Saqqara \| Tanis/Djanet \| Thebes/Niwt/Waset \| Valley of the Kings \| Valley of the Queens
Great Ennead of Heliopolis: Atum \| Shu \| Tefnut\| Geb \| Nut (Nuit) \| Osiris \| Isis \| Set \| Nephthys
Other Major Deities: Amun \| Anubis \| Apep \| Apis \| Aten \| Bast \| Djehuty \| Hathor \| Horus \| Khepri \| Chons \| Maàt \| Min \| Neith \| Ptah \| Ra \| Sekhmet \| Sobek \| Wepwawet \| Heryshaf
Ogdoad of Heliopolis: Amun/Amunet \| Huh/Hauhet \| Kuk/Kauket \| Nun/Naunet
War Deities: Anhur \| Bast \| Maahes \| Pakhet \| Sekhmet
Deified Concepts: Chons \| Hapy \| Maàt \| Min \| Renenutet \| Shai \| Hu \| Saa
Other Deities: Bes \| Chnum \| Seker \| Seshat \| Tawaret
Death: Mummy \| Four sons of Horus \| Canopic jars \| Ankh \| Book of the Dead \| KV \| Mortuary temple \| Ushabti
Buildings: Pyramids \| Karnak Temple \| Sphinx \| Great Lighthouse \| Great Library \| Deir el-Bahri \| Colossi of Memnon \| Ramesseum \| Abu Simbel
Writing: Egyptian hieroglyphs \| Egyptian numerals \| Transliteration of ancient Egyptian \| Demotic \| Hieratic
Chronology: Ancient Egypt \| Ptolemaic Egypt \| Roman Egypt
Lists: List of Egyptian Dynasties \| List of Pharaohs
Science and Culture: Medicine \| Architecture \| Cats in Ancient Egypt