Relief with Birds in the Papyrus Thicket, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2030–2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Temple of Mentuhotep II, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1907, Limestone, paint, H. 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); W. 107 cm (42 1/8 in.); D. 11.5 cm (4 1/2 in.), The importance of the temple of King Mentuhotep II at Deir el-Bahri is second only to the one of King Djoser's step pyramid complex at Saqqara. Seen from its formal garden in front the monument had the appearance of a stepped structure with two superimposed terraces with colonnades, towered by a central cube-like 'primeval hill,' on top of which - as some scholars believe, others question - may have been a pyramid
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