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Deir el-Bahari

Egyptian · Egypt

Field notes

civilizations: Egyptian
types: Temple · Necropolis
built: 2,050 BCE — 1,458 BCE
occupied: 2,050 BCE — 930 BCE
country: Egypt

The site

Deir el-Bahari is an Egyptian complex of mortuary temples and tombs carved into the west bank of the Nile, directly opposite Luxor. Part of the sprawling Theban Necropolis, it rose against a natural amphitheatre of cliffs beginning around 2050 BCE. A UNESCO World Heritage site, it remains one of the most dramatic funerary landscapes of the ancient world.

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