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Luxor Temple

By: Get Your Holidays

Overview

The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak, comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, in Egypt.

Interesting Facts about the Luxor Temple

  • Luxor temple is considered one of the most amazing attractions in Luxor.

 

  • The temple was built close to the Nile River and parallel with the bank and is known today as the Temple of Luxor

 

  • The thousands of sandstone fragments retrieved from the vicinity of the Luxor temple contain carved and painted details of hieroglyphic texts and temple ritual scenes

History

The Luxor Temple was built from Nubian sandstone blocks. The temple is surrounded by mud walls, symbolizing the separation of heaven and earth from the sacred realms. The design of the temple during the New Kingdom period revealed many design features shared by the structure. Luxor Temple displays many typical features of the temple architecture of the New Kingdom. it seems to be one of many projects commissioned by Ramses II during his long reign. Ramses II also redesigned many existing monuments to improve his reputation. Most of the statues and sculptures decorating the temple today represent Ramses II.

Precinct of Sphinx Road

This is a paved path surrounded by sphinxes on both sides, depicting King Nektambo I (one of the kings of the 30th dynasty) who paved the path during his reign. This road leads to the temple. He is the god Khonso located south of the Karnak Temple. The road to Aries can be traced back to the reign of King Amenhotep III. It is because there are some statues named Amenhotep III. Confirm at the south gate of the temple. Khonso Temple.

Right suite( Western)

it inscription on the front of the building describes the military battle between King Ramses II and the Hittites in the fifth year of his reign. On the right (west) suite, we see the building of King Ramses II and his military advisers (the attraction is inscribed at the northernmost end), and in the middle we see the place or camp where he encountered the enemy Hittite defeated , On the right we see the king’s chariot in battle

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