Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut, Egypt

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About 3500 years ago Hatshepsut raised herself to the position of ruler and built the monumental "Temple of Millions of Years" at Deir el Bahari. The building is completely built of fine sandstone and consists of several terraces and sphinx figures.

After the death of the pharaoh, her successor had all traces removed, destroyed statues and scraped the name from the inscriptions. However, the traces of 3500 years were still visible on the building. Due to earthquakes, rock demolitions, fires etc. the temple consisted of a lot of rubble. Thankfully, the essential stock was not irreparably destroyed and the reconstruction was possible with modern materials.

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Construction project:: Façade restoration Other Façade restoration / natural stone
Building type:: Historically protected / historically valuable buildings
Castles / forts
Short description: The fragments of the building showed different weathering and strength profiles due to the long period of weathering. These had to be compensated by different stone strengtheners. In addition, the chemical processes within the limestone were blocked, thereby preventing future absorption of water and dirt. The leveling of the fragments was also an important point in order to achieve a uniform appearance. Shattered relief blocks had to be glued together. Some of the limestone showed pronounced swelling and shrinking due to swellable clay minerals. This process had to be stopped. As there were no completely preserved Sphinx figures within the structure of the building, during the restoration process up to six complete figures were reconstructed from the many fragments.
Site address:: New Valley Governorate
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Date / completion:: 2011
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