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offering hali. Puddles formed in a few places, especially on the
upper court and altar court of the upper terrace. In the latter case
two small cascades from rocks over the temple found their way to
the court. Water even covered the elevated floor of the sanctuary
of the upper Anubis shrine. In general it can be remarked that the
configuration of the rocks over the Hatshepsut temple directed the
main water streams to the sides. Thus, the platform of the
Tuthmosis III temple was more affected both by water from over
the Hatshepsut temple and by a few more natural water ducts
directly over the western part of the king's temple.
Also the considerable number of fragments in the temple
open stores was affected by excessive humidity. Some of them
cracked and in a number of cases they urgently require chemical
consolidation.
The new stone used in modern restorations was affected
even more. In many cases the edges have cracked and the mission
had to remove such fragments, especially from the cornices over
the middle porticos, to prevent accidents.

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