Karnak Temple of Luxor in Egypt signs deals where each successive king of kings tries to make the most magnificent temple. Characterized by his predecessor to Karnak Temple turned into a complete guide and variety shows the evolution of ancient Egyptian art and architecture Pharaonic deals.
Characterized the Great Temple of Karnak offers charming sound and light, which is held every evening, which is a great way to discover the Temple of Karnak. Km distance between Luxor and Karnak 3 kilometers, punctuated on both sides of the road a large number of small sphinxes or what is known as the path of rams . The Temple of Karnak is the largest house of worship on earth gated
The Karnak can be divided into four areas, to the north perimeter of a large house is a temple to the god Montu, and the area around the last dedicated to the goddess Maat. And there are many smaller buildings of stone and brick. Perhaps linking Temple of Montu by sphinxes to Temple already much to the God who in Mdamod, a site located away to the north five kilometers (three miles).To the Middle Brown Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) compound Mabdia open to the solar god Aten.
To the south wall of the perimeter last encircles the temple of the goddess Mut and smaller temples of Amenhotep III and Ramses III. (All of these places are closed to tourists.) The fourth area is the largest and most important. Called the Central Pacific, which is visited by tourists, which is given by Egyptologists bulk of their care. Here lies the Great Temple of Amun-Re king of the gods. This edifice alone extends 375 meters (1220 feet) from front to back and covers more than twenty-five hectares (161 acres)
covers Ocean Central more than a hundred hectares (247 acres) and in addition to the Temple of Amun encircles temples Ptah and Khonsu and Osiris and Aubet and others. Surrounding areas Almabdih four buried under several meters of Nile silt, the ancient ruins of Luxor extended outward in a massive expansion of civilization may cover thousands of acres.Even in the modern state was the population of.
Luxor exceed fifty thousand people. This ancient city has not explored by archaeologists now.
Launched the ancient Egyptians to the Karnak EBT Sot, more places venerated, although this term (he was not initially refers only to a small part of the Temple of Amun, and not to all the council. Likely some scientists that the first part of the name, EBT, with the definite Ta was pronounces like "Taib" and heard visitors from the Greeks they good a name Greek city have authored. has Egyptians called this city and Asset. As Karnak is the Arabic name for the modern village nearby.
probably mean the word "settlement fortified" a description that inspired who visited Muslims from wall brick enormous ocean fence Central, but the origin of the word is still not clear. determines the wall surrounding the rectangular area depth 500 meters (1640 feet) and 550 meters Show (1790 feet), rises more than 12 meters (39 feet) 8 meters thicker (26 feet).described brick did not put on nearly horizontal. Instead it undulates Kmuj sea. This was deliberate; was intended to simulate the waves in the sea primitive great Egyptians believed that covered the ground before the start of creation. claimed soothsayers that the land which is surrounded by this wall - Temple of Amun Ra - was an island signed the act of creation first. and large parts of the wall surrounding the rebuilt interest effects almost 60 years ago, and while the imposition of an entry fee to the site the first time and had to manage your site and keep format wavy in the ranks of bricks in the new additions.
Antique shops located on the left (north); headquarters of the French Archaeological Mission is located to the south. It is the road from the parking lot to the temple above the road, which was take soothsayers veterans directly. But they begin their journey on the boat along a canal dug from the Nile Basin to a T-shaped stone by the descent of Marina. The ticket office is located Karnak in the southeast corner of the parking lot, about 100 meters (300 feet) west of Karnak itself. The ticket office sound and light is nearby
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