During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt. (Amun-Re was King of the Gods and father to the pharaoh.) The entire temple complex covers ...

If you're in search of Luxor's largest (and most impressive) collection of temple ruins, look no further than the Karnak Temple Complex. Located about 2 miles northeast of the Temple of Luxor ...

We're the first to admit that the same ... you can understand why Gustave Flaubert, on his visit to Karnak in the 19th century, called the temple "a palace of giants." Keep your eyes peeled ...

Thousands of Egyptian visitors and tourists flocked to the Karnak Temple area in Luxor to witness ... directly above the Holy Boat Chamber of Amun-Ra, built by King Philip Arrhidaeus, the brother ...

On the northern hemisphere’s shortest day of the year, the first rays of sunlight in the early morning align perfectly with the main axis of the city’s Temple of Amun-Re. As the sun bathes the ...

the Karnak Temple Complex and the Temple of Hatshepsut, Medinet Habu stands out because of its massive funerary temple. Built by King Ramses III to honor Amon-Re, one of Egypt's most popular gods ...

Statues are located in the southern side of the Karnak Temple first courtyard ... intended to represent the Ancient Egyptian god Amun Ra. The ram is also the Ancient Egyptian symbol of strength ...

A shaft of sunlight illuminated on Saturday 21/12/2024 the usually dark sanctum of the Karnak temple, an ancient complex in the southern city of Luxor, in a rare astronomical phenomenon that happens ...