LUXOR temple

Luxor Temple, dedicated to the Theban Triad and the god Amun, stands on the east bank of the Nile about 1.5 miles south of Karnak. Built by Amenhotep III, Ramses II, and later refined under Tutankhamun, it embodies the splendor of the New Kingdom. Buried beneath 30 feet (9 m) of sand for over two thousand years, its entrance was uncovered in the 1880s, revealing pylons 78 feet (24 m) high and 214 feet (65 m) wide, carved with scenes of Ramses II at the Battle of Kadesh. Colossal statues of Ramses II flank the gateway, once paired with two 80‑foot (25‑m) obelisks—one still in Luxor, the other now in Paris. The Avenue of Sphinxes & Great Colonnade Hall; The 1.86‑mile (3‑km) Avenue of Sphinxes forms a grand processional route lined with more than 1,000 statues, excavated between 1949 and 2000 to reconnect Luxor and Karnak. Within the complex, the Great Colonnade Hall stretches nearly 61 meters, its 28 columns rising 21 feet and covered in intricate reliefs completed under Tutankhamun around 1330 B.C.

The two seated granite colossi of Ramesses II (The Great) flank the entrance pylon of Luxor Temple, both colossus is 45 feet (14 meters) in height, and topped with the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ramesses II, 82 foot, (25 meter) high pink granite obelisk, is still standing from the 13th century BCE, it is one of a pair, the other now stands in the Place de la Concorde in Paris, Luxor Temple was the largest religious center in ancient Egypt, built by eleven pharaohs named Ramesses, starting in the 13th Century BCE

1.) After you enter through the pylon gateway you enter Ramesses II’s Peristyle Courtyard of papyrus bud columns and colossal statuary, Luxor Temple

2.) The great Court of Rameses II is 188 feet (57 m) long and 168 feet (51 m) wide. Seventy four papyrus columns, with bud capitals surrounding it, Luxor Temple

3.) In the Northwest corner of the court there is a shrine to Thutmose III, while in the southern part of the court you are surrounded by standing granite colossal statuary of Ramses II, Luxor Temple

1.) The Court of Amonhotep III measures 148 feet long (45 meters) by 184 feet wide (56 meters), with double rows of papyrus columns on three sides, Luxor Temple

2.) The Court of Amonhotep III leads into the Hypostyle Hall, which has 32 papyrus columns, arranged in four rows of eight columns, Luxor Temple

3.) At the rear of the Hypostyle Hall are four small rooms and an antechamber leading to the birth room, the chapel of Alexander the Great and the sanctuary, Luxor Temple

Colossal Head of Ramesses II in front of Luxor Temple's entrance pylon, 45 feet (14 meters) in height, and topped with the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, 12th century BCE, Luxor Temple

Statue of Isis, Nineteenth Dynasty, (1292 BC–1189 BC), Luxor Temple

Colossal Head of Ramesses II in front of Luxor Temple's 2nd entrance pylon, 45 feet (14 meters) in height, and topped with the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, 12th century BCE, Luxor Temple

Headless Ramesses II, 1230 BCE. Luxor Temple

Headless Statue of Isis in the shrine to Serapis, created by Emperor Hadrian (76-138 AD), Luxor Temple

HeadlessStatue of Pharaoh Merenptah, (1213-1204 BCE) son of Ramses II, Temple of Luxor, East Bank (Thebes)

A broken statue of a young King Tutankhamun and his consort Ankesenamun, carved sand stone, 1230 BCE. Luxor Temple

Tuthmosis III at Precinct of Amun-Re, Temple of Amun, Luxor Temple

A double statue of Amun and Mut with the facial features of Tutankhamun and Ankhesenamun, Luxor Temple, 13th century BCE,

The Great Colonnade of Amenhotep III measures 148 feet long, has seven pairs of 52 foot (16m) high open-flower papyrus columns, which still support their huge architrave blocks, Luxor Temple

I next to the Sitting Ramesses II Colossus inside Luxor Temple, sits at 45 feet (14 meters) high, carved granite

Two seated granite colossi of Ramesses II flank The Great Colonnade of Amenhotep III both colossus is 45 feet (14 meters) in height, and topped with the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt,

The remaining obelisk and ruins at Luxor Temple in 1881

Star Lore Of All Ages, The Temple at Luxor, Photo by Félix Bonfils, 1911

L'Égypte, Vues photographiques, 1870, Photographe; Bisson, Auguste Rosalie (1826-1900), Luxor Temple

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