Karnak Temple

Karnak Temple

The Karnak Temple (Arabic: معبد الكرنك, maebad alkurnak) was built more than 3,900 years ago and is located in the north of the Egyptian city of Luxor. It is a spectacular temple left over from the ancient Egyptian Empire. The temple contains more than 20 temples of various sizes, 134 giant stone columns, stone statues of lions and rams, and other ancient monuments. It is magnificent and shocking. The Karnak Temple was part of Thebes, the capital of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom. It was the worship center of the sun god Amun and the location of the largest temple in ancient Egypt. [1]
It is located on the east bank of the Nile River, 700 kilometers south of Cairo. The site occupies the northern half of the eastern city of Thebes at that time. It is connected to Luxor, 1 kilometer to the south, through the Avenue of Sphinxes (see Sphinx), where there is another Temple of Amun. Since the dynasties of the Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom all started from Thebes and ruled the country, the local god Amun of Thebes was regarded as the protector of the royal power and became the most important of the Egyptian gods. The Temple of Amun here also became the largest and richest temple in the country.
Temple of Amun in Thebes, Ancient Egypt. It was first built in the Middle Kingdom, and large-scale construction began in the New Kingdom, until the end of the Greek rule. The main hall has very spectacular columns, and the columns and walls are full of carvings and hieroglyphic inscriptions. The famous "Chronicles of Thutmose III" and Ramses II's situation and inscriptions on the Battle of Kadesh are engraved on these columns and walls, providing powerful physical materials for historical research.

Karnak Temples