A small vestibule to the right (north) of the birth scenes contains some of the best-preserved painted reliefs to be found at Thebes. Figures of Hatshepsut have been defaced, but figures of Thutmes III, the god Anubis, and especially the piles of food offerings before him are as bright and fresh as the day they were first painted. On the left (south) wall of the vestibule, Queen Hatshepsut appears in a small recess with deities. To the left, the queen is with Anubis, to the right, with Nekhbet and Ra-Harakhty. The names of the queen are written between them. Above the doorway, the queen offers water to Osiris. On the right (north) wall there is another recess with Thutmes III offering wine to Sokar above it, and on the right, the queen and Anubis before a dog’s head that represents the god of the dead. Behind the vestibule, three small chambers, currently  closed to the public, contain well-preserved scenes of the queen and various deities, especially Anubis.

The right (north) wall of the middle colonnade, lined with fifteen sixteen-sided columns, was originally intended to have four statue niches dedicated to various deities, but work on this part of the temple was never completed and the undecorated niches were covered over in modern times.

From" The Illustrated Guide to Luxor" by kent R.Weeks ,published by the American University in Cairo Press. Copyright © 2005 White Star S.p.a