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 Hypostyle Hall at night -
Luxor Temple by sue_stone
We arrived just before sunset, and entered through the fabulous front pylon to explore inside.
There are lots of impressive columns in this temple - there are the large columns in the Colonnade of Amenhotep III, and then the equally impressive Hypostyle Hall where there are 32 columns.
As the sunset over Luxor, the temple was lit up and the lights bouncing off the columns really added to our experience here. Leave a Comment
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 looking up to the mosque
in Luxor Temple by sue_stone
For an extended period of time (a long long time ago), the Temple was buried beneath the streets and houses of Luxor. At one stage the mosque of Sufi Shaykh Yusuf Abu al-Hajjaj was built over it.
When the Temple was eventually re-discovered and uncovered, the mosque was preserved, and today it is one of the highlights of a visit to the Temple.
As you walk through the Temple, look up to your left and you will see this "door", which will help you to get a feel for how much of the Temple was buried at the time the mosque was built. Leave a Comment
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 The Pylons by Jeca011Leave a Comment
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Luxor Temple is located on the East Bank in the center of Luxor, separated from the Nile by Luxor's Corniche.
The temple was built as the secret settlement of the Lord of Gods - namely "Amoun" who took the figure of "Mein", the God of Fertility and Reproduction in Egyptian mythology.
The Luxor temple was built by Amenhotep III in the 18th Dynasty.
Once every year, a great feast was held to transport the statue of god Amoun from the Karnak temple through the river to visit Luxor temple, which was called "The Southern Harem".
The temple is marked by its rear rooms with prominent inscriptions, and the hall of columns whose crowns represent the figure of lotus flower.
King Ramsis II added a front yard made of the beautiful sandstone.
He also surrounded it with a row of columns, decorated it with statues made of granite or Aswan stone, and established in front of the temple a great palace ornamented by two granite obelisks, one of which was transferred to Concord square in Paris in 1836.
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Second only to Karnak in size, this temple in downtown Luxor is a definite must see site in Egypt. It was begun by Amenophis III in the 1400's BC but owes much of this greatest works to the most famous pharaoh, Ramses II. A 3 KM avenue lined with Sphinxes once extended from this temple to Karnak. Leave a Comment Address: Luxor
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 Admission ticket to Luxor
Temple by ATXtraveler
Enjoy... and just think, even if you do not like it... McDonald's is right around the corner! Leave a Comment
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 Colossi of Ramses and the
obelisk by catkin
Two statues and one obelisk were removed, the latter now standing in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. Leave a Comment
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 Luxor Temple in the afternoon by ATXtravelerLeave a Comment
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This temple is situated in the centre of Luxor and was mainly built by Amenophis III, but the construction that we see now was mainly the work of Ramses II (1279-1213BC) and you can see many statues of him on the throne throughout the temple. Within the complex is a collonade consisting of 14 papyrus columns , each 19 metres tall. The walls are decorated with bas-reliefs showing the feast of Opet and date from the reign of Tutankhamun. (1333-1324BC).
Entrance fee : 35LE (3.50 GBP) Leave a Comment
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