Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
At Deir el-Bahari, Hatshepsut’s terraces stage a case for divine rule (her birth, her voyage to Punt, her partnership with Amun), while the edits themselves reveal who needed her gone, and why. Downriver, the Ramesseum answers in a different register: pylons, colossi, storerooms, and the Kadesh epic stamped again and again, Ramesses II writing himself into eternity by sheer volume. Put them together and you get a duel of memory across the West Bank: one ruler arguing legitimacy with choreography and theology, another with conquest and abundance.
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At Deir el-Bahari, Hatshepsut’s terraces stage a case for divine rule (her birth, her voyage to Punt, her partnership with Amun), while the edits themselves reveal who needed her gone, and why. Downriver, the Ramesseum answers in a different register: pylons, colossi, storerooms, and the Kadesh epic stamped again and again, Ramesses II writing himself into eternity by sheer volume. Put them together and you get a duel of memory across the West Bank: one ruler arguing legitimacy with choreography and theology, another with conquest and abundance.
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📍 Location: Deir el-Bahari and the Ramesseum
🗺️ Series: Antiquities Explorer – Upper Egypt
►Grab my FREE SCREENSAVER PACK of ancient sites — they’ll inspire your next adventure
https://86fb90c275cd11ef91efc1594cccd986.eo.page/8wfph
►LEAVE A COMMENT If your comment does not appear, try again with different words. YouTube sometimes glitches and comments don't go through. Or if you use obscenities or slurs, they might flag your comment as potentially inappropriate.
►MORE INFO ABOUT THE SITES VISITED
https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/archaeological-sites/deir-al-bahari/
https://egymonuments.gov.eg/en/monuments/the-ramesseum-the-temple-of-ramses-ii
Looking for a guide in Egypt? Contact Ehab!
YOUNG TUT TOURS
►EMAIL: youngtuttours@gmail.com
►TELEPHONE: +20 114 760 5841
►INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/ehabelshaer
►FACEBOOK: facebook.com/yallaegypt360
FTC Disclaimer Notice: Some of the links here may be affiliate links, meaning that if you click on them and purchase something on another website, I get a small commission. It doesn't cost you any extra, but I thought you should know! It does help support the channel.
► SOUNDTRACK
John Bjork, "Cave Streams"
Dream Cave, "Adventure Awaits"
Million Eyes, "Document This"
Fantoms, "Like a Zip"
Follow Professor Miano on social media:
►FACEBOOK: facebook.com/DrDavidMiano
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