Portal:Ancient Egypt/Did you know/6




 * ... that the  mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II (pictured) was the final destination of the barque of Amun during the Beautiful Festival of the Valley until Hatshepsut had her temple built nearby?


 * ... that the 2nd dynasty pharaoh Seth-Peribsen chose Seth rather than Horus as patron god?


 * ... that archeologist Karl Richard Lepsius is considered the father of the modern scientific discipline of Egyptology?