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The earliest known artifact found in the area of the temple is a small, eight-sided column from the Eleventh Dynasty, which mentions Amun-Re. Amun (sometimes called Amen) was long the local tutelary deity of Thebes. He was identified with the ram and the goose. The Egyptian meaning of Amun is "hidden" or the "hidden god". [10]
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]
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").
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 ...
The temple wall depicts a list of city states conquered by Shoshenq I in his Near Eastern military campaigns. The Bubastite Portal gate is located in Karnak, within the Precinct of Amun-Re temple complex, between the temple of Ramesses III and the second pylon.
The Temple of Ptah is a shrine located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. It lies to the north of the main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was erected by the Pharaoh Thutmose III on the site of an earlier Middle Kingdom temple. The edifice was later enlarged by the Ptolemaic Kingdom.