Architect Senenmuth
The man who designed the most famous temple on Earth
He was the engineer who built for Queen Hatshepsut, the fifth king of the Eighteenth Dynasty, who ruled from 1503 BC. Until 1482 BC), its famous temple at Deir al-Bahari, which granted it 80 royal titles
His life
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Senenmut was born to two common fathers, Rameses, and his mother Hat-Nofer, and he had three brothers. Before meeting Hatshepsut, he worked as high priest at the Montu temple in the town of Armant. He also worked in the Karnak temple, where he was called the director of Bet Amun, where he was the supervisor of stores, grain and livestock.
Hatshepsut was entrusted with the responsibility of caring for her daughter Nefru Ra, as he was her educator and responsible for managing her properties. This daughter died in the eleventh year of her mother’s rule. It is also believed that Senenmut was the guardian of the other daughter of Hatshepsut, Maritre of Hatshepsut.
His works
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Sennamut oversaw the cutting of stones and the carving of the obelisks in Aswan, which Hatshepsut ordered to erect them in the Karnak temple. Under his supervision they were taken to Thebes and erected. One of them is still standing in the temple of Karnak and is 30 meters long. The second obelisk was taken by Napoleon Bonaparte to Paris and placed on Place de la Concours.
Senenmut designed the funerary temple of Hatshepsut in Deir al-Bahri near the entrance to the Valley of the Kings in the form of three stepped floors. The walls of this temple depict details of Hatshepsut's life, such as the story of her birth and how she was born from the god Amun, as well as the transfer of her obelisks to the Karnak temple, and the marine mission that sent her to Punt. Hatshepsut allowed Senenmut to place his name and picture behind one of the main doors of her temple.
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