Hatshepsut Templo

First Level
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There was a garden in the first courtyard in which exotic trees and shrubs from Hathsepsut's trading expedition to Punt were planted. There is now no evidence of thisgarden, but it must have been beautiful.
Behind the courtyard there was a colonnade with square pillars behind which there were many reliefs. Most of the depictions have been destroyed and none of thosethat remain feature Hatshepsut herself. The remaining decorations include Tuthmosis III dancing before the god Min, scenes depicting the marshes of Lower Egypt and the quarrying and transportation oftwo large obelisks down the Nile (these obelisks found a home in the temple of Karnak).http://www.egiptologia.com/fotografias-imagenes-antiguo-egipto/tebas-occidental/templo-de-hatshepsut/templo-de-hatshepsut-2004.html#34-templo_hatshepsut_003

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Second Level
A wide ramp runs from the centre of the first courtyard to the second level. Two statues of crouching lionsflank the entrance to the ramp. Behind the wide terrace there is a colonnade with two rows of square columns on each side of the ramp leading to the third level.
Birth Colonnade
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Thebirth colonnade is on the right hand side of the ramp to the third level. The decorations (which are repeated on the walls of the temple at Karnak) depict Hatshepsut's divine birth. There has beensignificant damage caused both to the images of Hatshepsut (by Thuthmosis III) and to those of Amun-Ra (who was targeted by Akhenaten who sought to erase Amun and promote the Aten).
In the depictions,Amun-Ra appears with the unborn Hatshepsut and then with her mother (Queen Ahmose) in the form of Hatshepsut's father (Thuthmosis I). Amun impregnates the queen with his divine breath then reveals histrue nature and fortells that Hatshepsut will rule Egypt. Amun-Ra then visits Khnum to instruct him to create Hatshepsut´s body. A heavily pregnant Queen Ahmose is led to the birthing chamber by...