The Funerary Temple of Hatshepsut is the single most striking monument on the West Bank. At the time of the pharoah´s (her husband´s) death, there was only one young son of a minor wife that was in line to succeed him. Hatshepsut thought this was unacceptable, so she concocted an elaborate plan in which the gods, along with the goddess, Hathor, revealed to her that she was the rightful heir to the throne. She declared herself pharoah and even took up wearing the false beard that was a sign of the office, keeping the boy, Tuthmosis III, under her foot. After she died, Tuthmosis came to power and made it his goal to erase her memory from the history of Egypt. This temple was vandalised and desecrated and her obelisk in Karnak was walled up. That´s why today it is a bit two toned. The top only remained exposed to the sun and is lighter than the rest hidden behind the walls. Go back and have a look.