Egypt: site of Deir el-Bahari (Deir El Bahari; Theban necropolis; royal hiding place); funeral complex composed of temples and tombs; located on the left bank west of the Nile facing the city of Luxor and the temples of Karnak; south of the valley of kings; located on the rocky wall of the mountain of Thebes; Upper Egypt. Engraving after a photograph of 1881 by Edward Livingston Wilson (1838-1903) in front of the entrance to the main grave exploded by the French egyptologist Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) and his collaborator Emile Brugsch (1842-1930) German archeologist - On this engraving published in 1887 in the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine showing the The two egyptologists are accompanied by members of the Abd al-Rassul family who had begun looting the site before the remains were transferred to an archeological museum - Professor Maspero sits on the right; Emil Brugsch