Deir el-Bahri is a complex of mortuary temples and tombs located on the west bank of the Nile opposite the city of Luxor Egypt.The first monument built at the site was the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II of the Eleventh dynasty. During the Eighteenth dynasty Amenhotep I and Hatshepsut also built extensively at the site. The focal point of the Deir el-Bahri complex is the Djeser-Djeseru meaning the Holy of Holies the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut. It is a colonnaded structure which was designed and implemented by Senemut royal steward and architect of Hatshepsut to serve for her posthumous worship and to honor the glory of Amun. Djeser-Djeseru sits atop a series of colonnaded terraces reached by long ramps that once were graced with gardens. It is built into a cliff face that rises sharply above it.
