Built at the temple complex at Karnak, the Red Chapel was a bark shrine dedicated to Amun, the Egyptian creator god. In ancient times, it housed the wooden boat or bark, that carried the statue of the god during festivals. The exterior is decorated with depictions of religious festivals, the construction of Hatshepsut's obelisks, gods and other figures. Left unfinished when Hatshepsut died, it was completed during the reign of Thutmose III. Thutmose III later dismantled the shrine and replaced it with his own. The images of Hatshepsut on the stones were defaced and they were incorporated into other projects. The reconstructed shrine can be seen at the Open Air Museum in Karnak.
Hatshepsut's additions to the temple complex at Karnak included several obelisks. They included two ordered by her husband Thutmose II, but unfinished at his death and two marking the eastern entrance of one of the temples. The monolithic stones were decorated with hieroglyphs giving the names and titles of the Pharaoh who had ordered their construction. An unfinished obelisk from Hatshepsut's reign can be seen at the ancient Egyptian quarry near Aswan. A crack formed in the granite while it was being carved, forcing the quarrymen to abandon their work. The abandoned obelisk has helped archaeologists understand ancient stone cutting methods.
Also known by the ancient Greek name, "Speos Artemidos", the temple of Pakhet is an underground shrine to Pakhet, an ancient goddess of the hunt. It was cut into the cliff face near the site of an earlier shrine along the east bank of the Nile. It consists of a hall decorated with pillars and a shrine. In an inscription above the entrance, Hatshepsut complains about the damage caused by invaders known as the Hyksos about three generations before she was born, and describes the temple's restoration. The interior inscriptions and reliefs are proclamations from Amun and Pakhet of Hatshepsut's divine right to rule. This was later changed to a depiction of Pharaoh Sethi I when he claimed credit for the temple.
One of Hatshepsut's most famous monuments is her Mortuary Temple at Deir El Bahrai. It isl ocated on the West Bank of the Nile in a sacred valley near the location of Thebes, the ancient Egyptian capital. The Temple consists of terraces layered on one another like a cake. In ancient times the terraces were decorated with frankincense trees and other rare plants. It is decorated with statues of Hatshepsut and reliefs depicting scenes of daily life, a royal expedition to an allied nation called Punt and Hatshepsut's mythologized origin. The site also features Chapels to Hathor, goddess of beauty and Anubis, god of the afterlife.
