Most tourists during their trips to Egypt focus on visiting the Giza pyramids. Of course, this is an undeniable attraction of Egypt, but it is also worth taking a look at the attractions located in Luxor, and more in its vicinity.
One of the places worth visiting are the ruins of the complex dedicated to the Theban gods, i.e. Karnak, 2.5 km away from Luxor, which in 1979 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Karnak, lying on the east coast of the Nile, treated as a suburb of Luxor, was part of Thebes, the former legendary capital of Egypt. The huge remains of the Temple of Montu, which testify to the former power of Egypt from afar, are worthy of a closer look at them.
Karnak and the Gods of the Elements
Karnak is a complex of temples dedicated to various deities. One of them is the God of war - Montu. On the other hand, the largest of the temples is dedicated to Aman-Re, God of wind, fertility and fertility. The third temple is the sanctuary of Goddess Mut, wife of Amun. All temples occupy an area of over 100 hectares and are connected by process avenues.
The buildings of Karnak were built over the course of 1500 years. On both sides of the largest trial road there are 40 sphinxes with ram's heads. Next there is a great courtyard and columns in the middle where the holy ark of Amun was located. There we also find the second huge statues of Ramses III, and in front of them is the figure of his wife, reaching the knee of Pharaoh.
Great Hypostyle Hall
The Hypostyle Hall is a huge space measuring 102 x 53 m, supported by 134 columns, the highest of which were 23 m high. This gigantic structure makes an electrifying impression on visitors.
A giant obelisk
There is a huge obelisk near the Hypostyle Hall. It is 30 meters high and was made of one rock block. It was executed at the behest of Hatshepsut of the Pharaoh woman. It is the only such structure that has survived to our times, and there were 4 of them.
Amona-Re is a Temple that was built during the New Kingdom. It consists of the Temple of Ramses III, the Temple of Patha, Khonsu and the Temple of Amun-Re. This Karnak temple complex was connected to the Temple of Amun in Luxor by a 3 km road along the Nile.
It includes the Temple of Ptah, the Great Temple of Amun-Re, the Temple of Ramses III, and the Temple of Khonsu. The sacred lake also belongs to the temple complex.
The Karnak Temple complex was connected by a processional avenue with the Temple of Amun in Luxor. It runs parallel to the Nile and is adorned with statues of sphinxes.
The Pyramids of Giza, commercial for sure, maybe overrated, but ...
You can talk about them in various ways, that they are overrated, besieged by tourists following fashion, commercialized, etc. But one thing cannot be denied to them. The Egyptian Pyramids of Giza are the engineering genius of the time and are simply beautiful and delightful.
After all, they are one of the seven wonders of the world, in 1979 they were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
The Pyramids in Giza is a complex consisting of 3 tombs: the Pyramid of Cheops, the Pyramid of Khafre and the Pyramid of Mykerinos. All pyramids are square-shaped pyramids.
They were created over 2500 years before our era and enjoy our eyes to this day
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