Anubis Presented with Bounteous Offerings, Anubis Shrine, Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
At the north end of the middle terrace is a shrine dedicated to Anubis, the god of the afterlife and the dead. It comprises a hypostyle hall adorned with 12 columns arranged into three rows of four, followed by a sequence of two rooms terminating at a small niche. Images presented on the walls are of offerings and cult activity, with a relief showing Anubis escorting Hatshepsut to the shrine. This area was heavily damaged by Hatshepsut’s successors, Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, who destroyed all the reliefs depicting the Queen, as part of an attempt to erase her memory from history.
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