1. By-Mahika Shenoy
6B

2.  My dad – Support & cheers
 My mom – Judge my project
 My sister – Creativity

3. Temple of Hatshepsut .
 Bent pyramid
 Step Pyramid of Djoser
 Luxor Temple
 Great Sphinx
 Karnak

4. The mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut of Dynasty XVIII was built just north of
the Middle Kingdom temple of Mentuhotep Nebhepetre in the bay of cliffs known
as Deir el-Bahri. In ancient times the temple was called Djeser-djeseru, meaning
the ‘sacred of sacreds’. It was undoubtedly influenced by the style of the earlier
temple at Deir el-Bahri, but Hatshepsut’s construction surpassed anything which
had been built before both in its architecture and its beautiful carved reliefs. The
female pharaoh chose to site her temple in a valley sacred to the Theban Goddess
of the West, but more importantly it was on a direct axis with Karnak Temple of
Amun on the east bank. Also, only a short distance on the other side of the
mountain behind the temple, was the tomb which Hatshepsut had constructed for
herself in the Valley of the Kings (KV20).
The Temple of Hatshepsut was built on three terraced levels, with a causeway
leading down to her Valley Temple (now lost) which would have been connected
to the River Nile by a canal. Gardens with trees were planted in front of the lower
courtyard.

5. The Beny Pyramid located at Dahshur was the second
pyramid built by pharaoh Sneferu. Mysteriously, the
pyramid rises from the desert at an angle of 55 degrees
and then suddenly changes to a more gradual angle of
43 degrees. One theory holds that due to the
steepness of the original angle the weight to be added
above the inner chambers and passageways became to
large, forcing the builders to adopt a shallower angle. It
is the only pyramid in Egypt of which the outer casing
of polished limestone is still largely intact

6. The Step Pyramid of Djoser at the Saqqara
necropolis was the very first pyramid built by the
ancient Egyptians. It was constructed during the
27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser
by his Vizier Imhotep. The ancient monument
began as a traditional, flat-roofed mastaba but by
the end of Djoser’s reign it had risen to a six
stepped layer Pyramid and stood 204 feet (62
meters) high. As in earlier mastaba tombs, the
burial chambers of the Step Pyramid are
underground, hidden in a maze of tunnels.

7. The Luxor Temple is located on the east bank of
the River Nile in the ancient city of Thebes and
was founded in 1400 BC during the New
Kingdom. The temple was dedicated to the three
Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Chons. The
ancient temple was the center of the festival of
Opet, Thebes’ most important festival. During the
annual festival the statues of the three Gods were
escorted to the temple of Luxor along the avenue
of sphinxes that connect the 2 temples.

8. Located at the Giza Plateau, The Great Sphinx is one of
the largest and oldest monuments in the world, but
basic facts about it, such as who was the model for the
face, when it was built, and by whom, are still debated.
It is the largest monolith statue in the world although it
is considerably smaller than the Pyramids around it.
Despite conflicting evidence and viewpoints over the
years, the traditional view held by modern
Egyptologists at large remains that the Great Sphinx
was built in approximately 2500 BC by the pharaoh
Khafre, the supposed builder of the second pyramid at
Giza.

9. Although badly ruined, few sites in Egypt are more
impressive than Karnak. It is the largest ancient
religious site in the world, and represents the
combined achievement of many generations of
Egyptian builders. Most of the work on Karnak was
done by the pharaohs of the New Kingdom (1570-1100
BC). The Temple of Karnak actually consists of three
main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several
outer temples located about 2.5 kilometers north of
Luxor. One of most famous structures of Karnak is the
Hypostyle Hall, a hall area of 5,000 m2 (50,000 sq ft)
with 134 massive columns arranged in 16 rows.

10. Shukran