The Red Chapel of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III

When archaeologists rebuild the chapel and White of Sesostris I, in the Open Air Museum at Karnak on the east side of the city of Luxor (Thebes), it took many years to regulate the care of the structure as a puzzle in a large sheet of paper. In 2001, when the Supreme Council of Antiquities decided to rebuild the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, Dynasty (18th) in
Open-air museum, and the process, like all of our modern life, which went much faster (though still a number of years), as it feeds into the architectural elements to build a computer. The results were wonderful.
The truth of what determines small sites such as red and white chapels, in the open air museum, regardless of the well-preserved state. When the pharaoh Amenhotep III decided to expand the Temple of Karnak, and added a new interface in the form of two towers of the entry, and demolished a lot of features that are relevant not believe that parts of the stone at the center of the structure. This was the third pylon at Karnak.
In the end of the 19th, many of the huge tower of Amenhotep III at Karnak, the third rolled over during an earthquake. Then in 1924, and the Director-General of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities, Pierre Lacau, is a director who works at Karnak, Henri Chevrier, to reform the structure. I had to complete dismantling of the order to do so, in the process, discovered some 951 blocks belonging to a total of ten different structures used to fill within the tower. Although many of these blocks and damaged, imprisoned in a mortar in the tower retains inscriptions and decorations. Chevrier was responsible for rebuilding the chapel and White of Sesostris I for many years, but the blocks of the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut were dismantled till the 21th.
    Red Chapel of Hatshepsut's boat was the sanctuary, because we believe that it was the White Chapel Sesostris I, with a built on a base of black granite and the doors (or more correctly, the gray diorite) with walls of red quartzite quarry, known as Cerro Akhmar, or "Red Mountain" . Of course, the last stone explains why the shrine is known as the Red Church. In fact, the natural color of the red quartzite varies, so the old craftsmen painted the entire building of the color red uniform. It was probably started about four years before the death of Queen Hatshepsut at around 1483 BC, and his nephew and successor (as terrorist), you may Tuthmosis III and continued to work in a small church, but did not finish.
The chapel, which was scheduled in the heart of the complex of Karnak, in origin, was probably built to replace the former structure of marble of Amenhotep the First. It is possible that originally belonged to her two children between the obelisks in the temple, and although this is not true.
For many years, been presented to the blocks of Chapel of Hatshepsut in the cornerstone of the visitors where they can be asked along the slash-and-see patterns magnificent carved on both sides closely. However, in 1997 it was decided to rebuild the shrine. This work has already started in March 2000 completed (early 2002). Was conducted by the Egyptian Center for Franco, directed by Francois Larche, with the support of the Supreme Council of Antiquities). The project is funded by Accor, a consortium which owns nearly 30 percent of the energy hotel in Luxor (2002).
Blocks, which total about 315, were studied to establish their original order. This is not an easy process. On an exceptional basis, and most parts of the contents of the entire scene, and therefore does not interfere with the blocks adjacent to it. In fact, does not interfere in the horizontal joints. Some researchers believe that because how can these decorations, and was the first "prefabricated" construction of history, complete with decorated (although arguably it does not paint) before the construction of the building. Of course, this makes it very difficult to determine the sequence of blocks within the structure. Moreover, nearly half of the items lost (40 to 45 percent), and the modern blocks of cut stone from the same original material is required. In some cases, modern brick is also included, which was then plastered and painted carefully to match the original colors. In order to meet the building apparently to study the cracks and size of groups is a lesson
This work led to the emergence of sudden large (more than seventeen feet long and more than six meters), which now dominates the open-air museum. Building is impressive, with its black granite walls of red sandstone. Has three doors on the same level and same dimensions. Structure is divided into two groups, with the base of the statue, the biggest decline of the two rooms were used as the basis for a boat of the god Amun, picture taken in a procession between the temples of Karnak and Luxor, during the ceremony held annually at the peak of the Nile in the center of the church on what appears to be a drain on the water used for acquittal during the celebration.
Order of the Church are particularly rich, with gold paint to fill the gaps in drilling. However, the only aspect of it is regrettable that this building is now many of the items listed in the list, with the main causes of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III interact with Amun-Min, and several other gods and OPET party scene, and the dedication of the chapel, and the establishment of the Queen when he was governor of Egypt, domain name registration divisions are more difficult for visitors to see the reality as many of the scenes are cut high on the walls and not always go to see. It was suggested that a good pair of binoculars to take on the length of the visit, if it is intended that any serious consideration.