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  2. Luxor Temple - Wikipedia

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    The Luxor Temple was built during the New Kingdom and dedicated to the Theban Triad consisted of Amun, his consort Mut, and their son Khonsu. The focus of the annual Opet Festival , in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple ( ipet-sut ) to stay there for a while with his consort Mut, was to promote the ...

  3. Luxor - Wikipedia

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    Luxor has frequently been characterized as the ''world's greatest open-air museum'', as the ruins of the Egyptian temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand within the modern city. Immediately opposite, across the River Nile , lie the monuments, temples and tombs of the West Bank Theban Necropolis , which includes the Valley of the Kings and ...

  4. File:Luxor Temple at night, Luxor, Egypt.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Luxor Temple, ipet resyt, a large Ancient Egyptian temple. New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasties (about 1570-1085 BC). New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasties (about 1570-1085 BC). The Temple of Luxor, located near the banks of the Nile, was dedicated to Amon, the work of only three pharaohs: Amenophis III (Amenhotep III), Tutankhamen, and Ramses II.

  5. Karnak - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Avenue of Sphinxes - Wikipedia

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    The King’s Festivities Road. Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش) is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.

  7. File:Templo de Luxor, Luxor, Egipto, 2022-04-01, DD 01.jpg

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    Location of birth: Alicante: Authority file: Q28147777 ... Another one of my pictures: ... Luxor Temple; Global file usage.

  8. List of Egyptian obelisks - Wikipedia

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    Karnak Temple: Luxor: Egypt [1] Vatican obelisk (a.k.a. St Peter's Square obelisk or Caligula's obelisk) 25.5 m (41 m with base) Unknown Unknown: Alexandria: St. Peter's Square: Vatican City: Vatican City [1] Luxor obelisks (Luxor and Paris obelisks) 25.03 m and 22.83 m: Ramesses II: 1279–1213 BC Luxor Temple: Luxor Temple (in situ) Luxor ...

  9. Precinct of Mut - Wikipedia

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    The Precinct of Mut is an Ancient Egyptian temple compound located in the present city of Luxor (ancient Thebes), on the east bank of the Nile in South Karnak. The compound is one of the four key ancient temples that creates the Karnak Temple Complex. It is approximately 325 meters (1,066 feet) south of the precinct of the god Amun. The ...