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Luxor hot air balloon ride
Deir Rl-Bahari is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs . The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh Dynasty (reigned ca. 2040-1991 BCE), who re-united Egypt at the beginning of the Middle Kingdom period. which is just to the left the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut in the rear set against the cliff and next to the ruins of Temple of Thutmosis III. In the lower part of the picture to the left and a bit behind the balloon with the red ring is the Tomb of Harwa, the Chief steward of the God's Wife of Amun, Amenirdis I, during the 25th Dynasty.
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