The
Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the
Djeser-Djeseru ("Holy of Holies"), is located beneath the cliffs at
Deir el Bahari on the west bank of the
Nile near the
Valley of the Kings in
Egypt. The
mortuary temple is dedicated to the sun god
Amon-Ra and is located next to the mortuary temple of
Mentuhotep II, which served both as an inspiration, and later, a quarry. It is considered one of the "
incomparable monuments of ancient Egypt." The temple was the site of
the massacre of 62 people, mostly tourists, by extremists that took place on 17 November 1997.