Hieroglyphs of slaves at Temple of Hatshepsut

A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.

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A detail of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs showing Somalian slaves at the ancient Egyptian Temple of Hatshepsut near the Valley of the Kings, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt. The Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the Djeser-Djeseru, is located beneath cliffs at Deir el Bahari ("the Northern Monastery"). The mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god Amon-Ra and is considered one of the "incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by Islamists on 17 November 1997.