Chapelle Rouge
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The Chapelle Rouge (French: "the Red Chapel") refers to a large two-room barque shrine constructed at the centre of the Great Temple of Amun at Karnak during the reign of the mid-Eighteenth Dynasty female ruler Hatshepsut.
The Chapelle Rouge measured 17.54 m long, 6.17 m wide and 5.64 m high and was constructed of black granite with red quartzite walls, the latter giving rise to its modern name. The base was decorated with niching.
The Chapelle Rouge was eventually disassembled by Thutmose III, the majority of the blocks subsequently being built into the foundations of the Third Pylon of the Amun Temple under Amenhotep III. Extremely well-preserved in this environment, a total of 319 stone blocks have since been recovered from the pylon, allowing the broad reconstruction of the chapel in the Open Air Museum at Karnak over the years 1999-2000.
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Bibliography
- Burgos, Franck and Larche, François [2006], La Chappelle Rouge: Le Sanctuaire de Barque d'Hatshepsout. Volume 1: Facsimilés et photographies des scènes, Paris: Culturesfrance, Éditions recherche sur les civilisations, 2006. ISBN 2865383008
- Gitton, Michel, Négroni, Suzanne and Yoyotte, Jean [1969], "La Chapelle Rouge: quelques instruments de travail", Kêmi 19 (1969), pp.295-318.
- Lacau, Pierre and Chevrier, Henri [1977-1978], Une chapelle d'Hatshepsout à Karnak, 2 volumes, Le Caire 1977, 1979.
- Le Saout, F., "Un nouveau bloc de la chapelle rouge", Karnak VII, pp.71-73.
External links
- Karnak, Chapelle Rouge - Thotweb
- Larché, François, "Le premier préfabriqué pharaonique" - Historia Thématique
