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The Luxor Temple |
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The temple was started in the beginning of The New
Kingdom (Thutmosis I), but the main part of what we see
today, has been built by Amenophis III and Ramses II in the period 1388-1213 BC.
Everywhere the walls and columns are covered with reliefs that depict scenes from the annual Opet Festival and the
Battle of Kadesh.
Later Alexander the Great has added some buildings and the
Romans enlarged and adapted it to a military fortress.
In the north-eastern corner of the temple courtyard a Coptic church
was later built. Its walls today constitute the
foundations of the Abu-el-Hagag Mosque, |
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The Karnak Temple
The complex of buildings is composed of pylons,
obelisks, chapels, sanctuaries and a holy lake, and is dedicated
to The Theban Triad of Gods, Amon-Re, Mut and Khons. The
oldest parts are from Sesostris I (1956-1911 BC). Through
the times up to Nektanebo (380-362 BC) there has been
rebuilding and additions; today it covers an area of 1,5 x
0,8 kms.
The complex also includes the large Hypostyle Hall, the
world's largest, that covers 6000 m².The building was started during
the reign of Seti I and completed by Ramses II.
In the hall the 134 columns in the middle are 23 m high and
15 m in circumference, the remaining columns are 13 m high.
Everywhere the walls and columns are covered with beautiful reliefs and in some parts the original painting is still
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The Luxor Museum
Enjoy this beautiful museum with a well presented and
wonderfully lit exhibition.
The museum includes the Talat-wall from the temple of Akhnaton east of Karnak. After the death of Akhnaton the
temple was reused other places and the talats were used as
filling in the 9th pylon.
The museum has expanded first with the statues from the cachette in the courtyard of Amenophis III in the Luxor
Temple and finally with the mummies of Ramses I and Ahmose.
The small cinema shows short films: one being about the moving of Ramses I’s mummy to the Luxor
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