Temple -3 colonnaded terraces and 2 ramps -Terraces originally planted as gardens with exotic trees -Visually connected to its environment -Terraces and colonnades: cliff length and shape -Pillars -> Shadows from rocks Kneeling Statue -Pharaoh would only kneel in front of a god -Inscription was offering plants to Amun -Male pharaonic attribute -Queen in the male costume of a god.
--The kneeling statue shows the queen in a kneeling position -The temple has a long, colonnaded terrace: Aligned with the winter solstice sun
Temple -Mortuary temple for Queen/pharaoh Hatshepsut Kneeling statue -One of 200 statues around the complex -One of 10 statues of Queen Hatshepsut with offering jars -Part of a ritual honor of the Sun god -The statue of god was brought before the sculpture in a procession.
Context
--It was cut into the side of a cliff to show that the temple was powerful and is a part of nature because it is carrying the stability of the mountain -We see the use of columns because Egyptians did not know any other way to hold up a roof. -The kneeling statue is around 9 feet tall