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Senenmut was the architect of Hatshepsut's temple at Deir el Bahri. He was also a Steward of Amun and tutor to the royal children. Although he had a completed tomb at nearby Qurna, a second tomb was carved into the rock near the temple.


This is the view of Hatshepsut's temple as seen from the steps that lead down to the unfinished tomb of Senenmut.
Detail stills from the tomb are below.

We had to ask the guard at the temple specifically to see the tomb, and paid him extra baksheesh to unlock it and accompany us.

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View of Deir El Bahri - Hatshepsut's Temple - From Tomb Entrance
 
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Entrance to Senenmut's Tomb
  There are three chambers. We did not descend into the two unfinished chambers.

The most significant feature of the tomb is the astronomical ceiling, the earliest found so far, although similar calendars have been found on coffins lids from the Ninth Dynasty. The star maps illustrated the 36 "decans"or stars, that rose at sunrise, at ten day intervals. When he exited the tomb through the false door, Senenmut could then match the star with the decan calendar to determine the date in the calendar.

The ceiling painting is only partially completed with the original sketches still visible.

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Details of the false door and the star map sketches of Taueret the hippopotamus goddess who protected women in childbirth are shown below. So far, I have been unable to determine which "decan" Taueret represents.

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Details of False Door inside Senenmut's tomb   One of the sketches of the Taueret Decan (star) charts on ceiling of Senenmut's tomb
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Anubis as dog, reliefs on wall above false door of Senenmut tomb   Tracing of Hippopotamus (Tauret) Decan chart
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Relief: Eye of Horus and Senenmut with family.   Relief, wall detail showing heiroglyphic writing in Senenmut's Tomb
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