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  2. 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 ...

  3. Luxor Temple - Wikipedia

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    The avenue (known as wi.t ntr "path of god"; طريق الكباش) [7] which went in a straight line for about 2,700 metres (8,900 ft) [8] between the Luxor Temple and the Karnak area was lined with human-headed sphinxes; in ancient times it is probable that these replaced earlier sphinxes which may have had different heads. [9]

  4. 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.

  5. Temple of Ptah (Karnak) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. History of the Karnak Temple complex - Wikipedia

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    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]

  7. Great Hypostyle Hall - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. Precinct of Amun-Re - Wikipedia

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    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 principal god of the Theban Triad, Amun, in the form of Amun-Re.