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and it would stay that way for the next 2,000 years.

But whereas the war god Montu had dominated the previous century of Egypt's story, the deity that now took center stage was Hathor, the goddess of love, joy, beauty, and motherhood.

The goddess whose origins can be traced right back to the earliest of times.

And believing that Hathor dwelt in the cliffs of Deir el-Bakri, Monta Hotep chose this site not only for his war cemetery, but for his own tomb complex.

It was Monta Hotep that first built here, in this dramatic place where the cliffs meet the desert.

Believed to be the home of the goddess Hathor herself, it was a fast track to the afterlife.

And for Monta Hotep and his men, who'd lived and died by the war god Montu, they all now rest in the eternal embrace of Hathor.

The first to build at Deir el-Bahri was Monta Hote, the founder of a reunified Egypt.