RECONSTRUCTION
OF THE FUNERARY TEMPLE
OF NEBHEPETR MENTUHOTEP
Reconstruction
of the funerary temple of Nebhepetr Mentuhotep, at Deir el-Bahri,
Thebes. Middle Kingdom, Eleventh Dynasty.c. 2070-2019 BC. The
funerary complex of Mentuhotep consisted of a pyramid surrounded
by a columned hall and ambulatory, the whole raised on a platform
fronted by porticoes, and approached by a ramp. Behind the pyramid
and on the same level was colonnaded court and a columned hall
cut into the rock, beneath which was the tomb of the king.
This building served as a model for the temple of Hatshepsut
From
The Ancient World by Giovanni Garbini
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