Temple of Amon at Karnak
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Location
Luxor,Qina

Country
Egypt

Year of Research
1904

Culture
  • Subsequently only to the Pyramids at Al J?zah in popularity with tourists,Karnak refers to the huge temple complex on the east side of the Nile, in Upper Egypt.Often referred to as one temple.
  • Al Karnak is actually a series of temples, built and enlarged over a period of at least 1300 years, beginning in the 16th century BCE and donated to by approximately 30 pharaohs, extending into Ptolemaic times.
  • The complex is devoted to Amon-Re, the King of the Gods.
  • The complex also contains red granite obelisks, pylons, or great gates to the complex, and an avenue of ram-headed sphinxes, each holding a small figure of Amon-Re between its paws.





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