Deir el-Bahari
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Kings Valley Road, Qesm Al Wahat Al Khargah, New Valley Governorate, Egypt Print route »
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Deir el-Bahari or Dayr al-Bahri (Arabic: الدير البحري ad-dayr al-baḥrī, literally meaning, "The Northern Monastery") is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite the city of Luxor, Egypt. This is a part of the Theban Necropolis.The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty. It was constructed during the 15th century BC.
During the Eighteenth dynasty, Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut also built extensively at the site.
