The Temple Of Mentuhotep Ii Floor Plan

الدير البحري al dayr al baḥrī the monastery of the north is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the nile opposite the city of luxor egypt this is a part of the theban necropolis.

The temple of mentuhotep ii floor plan.

Other indian temple architecture although it tends to follow the pattern of a simple floor plan with a richly decorated facade differs according to the ritual. Of the three ancient egyptian structures on the site one the funerary temple of king mentuhotep ii built c. So it is not surprising that various teams have investigated the site. Mentuhotep ii temple luxor had important historical overtures.

The temple of thutmose iii at deir el bahari a temple in the central part of the deir el bahari valley built on a rocky platform and thus dominating over the earlier structures. Ground plan of the mortuary temple complex of mentuhotep ii while not much is known of the valley temple the causeway unlike most of its counterparts in the old kingdom was open and had osirian statues of the king located along its sides at irregular intervals. 2061 2010 bce the great theban prince who founded the 11th dynasty and initiated the middle kingdom of egypt 2040 1782 bce. The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of mentuhotep ii of the eleventh dynasty.

Perhaps inspired by the resemblance of al qurn to the pyramids of the old kingdom he ordered his tomb and mortuary temple to be constructed at the base of the cliffs. The temple of hatshepsut and the temple of mentuhotep nebhepetre of the eleventh dynasty. It was the first temple in western thebes to. 1970 bce has lost much of its superstructure the second the terraced temple of queen hatshepsut built c.

Deir el bahari or dayr al bahri arabic. Temple of mentuhotep i. Hindu temples which vary regionally in style usually consist of a towering shrine and a columned hall surrounded by an elaborate wall. The multileveled construction and the plan were entirely new with no equivalent dating from the old kingdom.

The building was modeled after the mortuary temple of mentuhotep ii c. Temple of mentuhotep ii who next to the temple of hatshepsut bahari. Mentuhotep ii was considered a second menes by his contemporaries a reference to the legendary king of the first dynasty of egypt and he continued to be venerated highly throughout the rest of. The complex had a valley temple and a 1 2 km causeway leading to the temple itself.

A roof because it through my god saluting that in the temples of the gods be emerging streets without a roof and floor are made of this road clay bricks then covered with a layer of tinted plaster decorated white. Nebhetepre mentuhotep was the first pharaoh to build at deir el bahri. It located in the west bank of luxor just next to hatshepsut temple at deir el bahari. The temple was built in the last decade of tuthmosis iii s reign i e about 1435 1425 bc.