Court of Ramesses II, Luxor Temple
This colonnaded court was built by Ramesses the Great and is surrounded by a double-row of papryus-bud columns.
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Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
Hypostyle Hall at Karnak
The hypostyle hall of the Great Temple of Amun is about 6000 square meters and is filled with 134 columns, like a great dark forest of stone.
Read MoreEastern Temple of Ramesses II, Karnak
This tiny temple is one of thse called the Temples of the Hearing Ear — meant for temples dedicated to smaller, less important deities associated with Amun
Read MoreTemples of Khonsu and Opet
One of the other larger temples on the ground is the temple of Khonsu and the smaller Opet temple. These are int he southwest corner of the enclosure
Read MoreTemple of Ramesses III
Just inside the first pylon, to the right is the Temple of Ramesses III, a columned festival temple that was probably designed to hold the barques used in the ritual festivals for Amun, Mut, and Knonsu, the “Theban Triad”. A small hypostyle hall leads to the barque shrines. THe entire small temple is fronted by […]
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This incredibly plain shrine has three chambers decidated to the Theban Triad. It was likely a shrine for a funerary barque
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The city of Abydos was considered the holiest of cities by the Ancient Egyptians, who began pilgrimages to the city in the 7th Dynasty. It continued to be a the destination for funerary pilgrimages through the Ptolemys.
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