46/50.- Luxor, Hatshepsut temple, door

One of the things about Hatshepsut's life that called my attention, was that she adopted the full pharaonic regalia, including a false beard. Which, as you can imagine, was traditionally worn only by the king. No, I didn't see any image of her with the beard.

During Hatshepsut's reign,the empire experienced an innovation and commercial expansion. The products of these new tributes and trades were devoted to Amon-re (the god of gods), in whose honor Hatshepsut undertook an extensive building program. But Hatshepsut will always be remembered for this mortuary temple at Dayr al-Bahri.

Well, my friend, the visit to the temples of Luxor finishes here. We will now take a look at some of the streets in the town center. On the following pages I will give you some practical information about this city.

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