Her 



Photo from Egypt 15xploratioii Fund 



Egypt's greatest queen, hatshepsut 



life is one long record of kingly deeds. She discarded feminine attire, wore the crown, 

 and assumed an artificial beard at her chin (see text, page 1036) 



Abydos, Philae, Elephantine, Memphis, 

 and Thebes are among the old cities thus 

 discovered or brought out in sharper 

 relief. 



At present interest centers at Deir-el- 

 Bahari. Located west o£ the Nile, at 

 Thebes, this site has become a Mecca for 

 tourists. Here side by side stand two 



temples of the eleventh and eighteenth 

 dynasties respectively. The earlier, that 

 of Mentuhotep II (see page 1024) ante- 

 dates the splendid temple of Queen Hat- 

 shepsut by 500 years (see page 1025). 

 Of the earlier structure, though now In 

 ruins, enough remains for archeologlcal 

 restoration. Between the two temples 



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