HATHOR CHAPEL
From Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el Bahari
Dynasty XVIII, c. 1480 B.C.
Egyptian Museum, Cairo
A variety of painted borders in orange, gold, and blue surround and enhance the large pictorial areas. The chapel roof is covered with a flat barrel vault, an unusual feature in Egyptian architecture, which is painted to look like a night teeming with stars.
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