Heru in falcon form guards the upper ramp to the top platform.

On the upper platform, these Osirian statues of Queen Hatshepsut
are looking out towards the distant Nile.

Closeup of one of the statues.
Note that she is carrying both the crook and the was scepter in one hand,
and the ankh and the fledge in the other.

View to the right shows the ruins of the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep I...

...and to the left are the rocks enclosing the valley.

View from the top level ramp across the West bank towards Luxor.

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