Reconstruction of a Foundation Deposit, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1479–1458 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Hatshepsut, Foundation Deposit 3–6 (C-F), 1923–24, Pottery, wood, leather, reed, stone, bronze or copper alloy, food remains, h. 96.5 cm (38 in); diam. at top 110 cm (43 5/16 in), Before they constructed a sacred building like Hatshepsut's mortuary temple, the ancient Egyptians would perform a foundation ceremony known as 'the stretching of the cord.' One part of this ceremony was the laying out of the building's perimeter by stretching a cord between stakes in the ground
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Reconstruction, Foundation Deposit, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1479–1458 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple, Hatshepsut, Deposit 3–6, C-F, 1923–24, Pottery, wood, leather, reed, stone, bronze, copper alloy, food remains, h, 96.5 cm, 38, diam, top 110, 43 5/16, constructed, sacred building, mortuary temple, ancient Egyptians, perform, foundation ceremony, stretching, cord, part, ceremony, laying out, building, perimeter, stakes, ground
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