Four seasons of documentation in the Main Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari

Abstract

Four seasons of documentation have supplied pertinent data to indicate that theMain Sanctuary of Amun-Re in the Temple of Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahari was perceived froma theological perspective as a cult place for the local form of Foremost of +sr-Dsrw and for the royalworship of Hatshepsut connected with it. The latter aspect was of sufficient significance to warrant twice a far-going modification of the decoration of the tympanum of the east wall of the Bark Hall, influencing the way the Inner Sanctuary was illuminated.

Keywords

• sanctuary
• Amun-Re
• Horus Behdeti
• skylight
• graffiti
• cryptogram