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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]
The Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak Volume 1, Part 1, The Wall Reliefs. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Illinois. ISBN 0-918986-30-3. ISSN 0069-3367. [4] Oakes, L., & Gahlin, L. (2003). Ancient Egypt: An illustrated reference to the myths, religion, pyramids, and temples of the land of the pharaohs ...
The Great Cairo Hymn of Praise to Amun-Re: 365–367: A Hymn to Amon-Re: 1.27: Two Hymns to the Sun-god: 367–368: A Universalist Hymn to the Sun: 1.28: The Great Hymn to the Aten: 369–371: The Hymn to the Aton: Harper's Songs: 1.30: The Song from the Tomb of King Intef: 467: A Song of the Harper: 1.31: The Song from the Tomb of Neferhotep ...
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]
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").
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.