<P> . Hatshepsut 's chancellor , royal architect Senenmut oversaw the construction of the temple . Although the adjacent , earlier mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II was used as a model , the two structures are nevertheless significantly different in many ways . Hatshepsut 's temple employs a lengthy , colonnaded terrace that deviates from the centralised structure of Mentuhotep 's model -- an anomaly that may be caused by the decentralized location of her burial chamber . There are three layered terraces reaching 29.5 metres ( 97 ft ) tall . Each story is articulated by a double colonnade of square piers , with the exception of the northwest corner of the central terrace , which employs proto - Doric columns to house the chapel . These terraces are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens with foreign plants including frankincense and myrrh trees . The layering of Hatshepsut 's temple corresponds with the classical Theban form , employing pylons , courts , hypostyle , sun court , chapel and sanctuary . </P>
<P> . Hatshepsut 's chancellor , royal architect Senenmut oversaw the construction of the temple . Although the adjacent , earlier mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II was used as a model , the two structures are nevertheless significantly different in many ways . Hatshepsut 's temple employs a lengthy , colonnaded terrace that deviates from the centralised structure of Mentuhotep 's model -- an anomaly that may be caused by the decentralized location of her burial chamber . There are three layered terraces reaching 29.5 metres ( 97 ft ) tall . Each story is articulated by a double colonnade of square piers , with the exception of the northwest corner of the central terrace , which employs proto - Doric columns to house the chapel . These terraces are connected by long ramps which were once surrounded by gardens with foreign plants including frankincense and myrrh trees . The layering of Hatshepsut 's temple corresponds with the classical Theban form , employing pylons , courts , hypostyle , sun court , chapel and sanctuary . </P>
who built the mortuary temple of queen hatshepsut
who built the mortuary temple of queen hatshepsut
. Hatshepsut 's chancellor , royal architect Senenmut
. Hatshepsut 's chancellor , royal architect Senenmut