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The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (/ ˈ k ɑːr. n æ k /), [1] comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt.. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BC) in the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000–1700 BC) and continued into the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305–30 BC), although most of the extant ...
Map of the Amun-Re Temple (upper portion) First pylon of Karnak. The Precinct of Amun-Re, located near Luxor, Egypt, is one of the four main temple enclosures that make up the immense Karnak Temple Complex. The precinct is by far the largest of these and the only one that is open to the general public. The temple complex is dedicated to the ...
The Great Karnak Inscription is located on the west (inside) of the east wall of the Cachette Court, in the Precinct of Amun-Re of the Karnak temple complex, in modern Luxor. It runs from the fourth pylon of the great sanctuary to the eighth pylon. [1] It was first identified by Champollion, and later partly published by Karl Richard Lepsius. [2]
Entrance to the Great Hypostyle Hall The Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak. The Great Hypostyle Hall is located within the Karnak Temple Complex, in the Precinct of Amon-Re. It is one of the most visited monuments of Ancient Egypt. The structure was built around the 19th Egyptian Dynasty (c. 1290 –1224 BC). [1]
Daily Ritual of the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak: 325–326: The Daily Ritual in the Temple: Teaching for King Merykara: 1.35: Merikare: 414–418: The Instruction for King Meri-ka-re: Instructions of Amenemhat: 1.36: Amenemhet: 418–419: The Instruction of King Amen-em-het: Story of Sinuhe: 1.38: Sinuhe: 18–22: The Story of Si-nuhe: Tale of ...
It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex. The edifice is normally translated as "the most glorious of monuments", but "monument to living spirit" is an alternative translation since akh can mean either glory or blessed/living spirit (For instance, Akhenaten is often translated as "living spirit of Aten").
Photograph of the Karnak Temple complex taken in 1914, Cornell University Library. The history of the Karnak Temple complex is largely the history of Thebes.The city does not appear to have been of any significance before the Eleventh Dynasty, and any temple building here would have been relatively small and unimportant, with any shrines being dedicated to the early god of Thebes, Montu. [1]
Amun, worshipped by the Greeks as Ammon of Heliopolis, (meaning "city of the sun god") [37] had a temple and a statue, the gift of Pindar (d. 443 BC), at Thebes, [38] and another at Sparta, the inhabitants of which, as Pausanias says, [39] consulted the oracle of Ammon in Libya from early times more than the other Greeks.