3. Anubis
According to ancient text, the location of Anubis is “on the mountain,” which leads us in this case to take the information in the text literally and supporting the appearance of the dog image that can be seen on the mountain above Hatshepsut’s Temple. Depictions of Anubis at times show him on the roof of a temple guarding the doorway that leads to the underworld(as seen above). The simulacrum of Anubis is similar in that it is located on the mountain directly over Hatshepsut’s Temple, places him above the opening in the back of the mountain, and in alignment with the causeway. Since Anubis is the guardian of Re-steau, (the gate into the underworld), and because he is seen over the consecutive doorways that lead to the third tier and the back of the mountain, the causeway of Hatshepsut’s Temple may have, at one time, tunneled into the mountain.
