isgandar: Hathoric Uraeus Frieze, Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari The Hathoric Uraeus is supp
isgandar:Hathoric Uraeus Frieze, Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-BahariThe Hathoric Uraeus is supposed to be a rebus of the pronomen (throne name) of Hatshepsut, Maat-ka-ra (read the rearing cobra as mA’t, the arms on which is seated kA, the solar disk r’). It was invented by her royal architect, Senenmut. On this frieze you can notice the forearms of the kA sign were chiselled out. It was an attempt of Thutmose III to annihilate Hatshepsut’s Ka. -- source link
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