Medinet Habu - Temple of Ramesses III - 18th Dynasty Temple

On the north side of the temple forecourt, between the High Gate and the main temple, is the oldest part of the whole temple complex, the elegant little 18th Dynasty Temple (peripteral), which was begun during the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Tuthmosis III and completed after Tuthmosis became sole ruler. Here as elsewhere Hatshepsut's inscriptions and her figure were obliterated or replaced by others. The divine images and names which were destroyed by Amenophis IV/Akhenaten were restored in the reigns of Horemheb and Sethos I. The original entrance was on the east side; but the alterations and additions made by later Pharaohs (particularly by Ramesses III, who was also responsible for the reliefs on the outside walls) and during the