LUXOR TEMPLE, EGYPT
G'day folks,
This temple is Located on the east bank of the Nile River
in Luxor, in the ancient city of Thebes.
The Luxor Temple was built in
1,100 and 1,600 BC during the reigns of several pharaohs - Amenhotep III
(1390-52 BC), Tutankhamun (1336-27 BC), and Horemheb (1323-1295 BC),
and then added to by Rameses II (1279-13 BC). The temple was dedicated
to the three Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Chons, and is considered the
largest and most important site in ancient Egypt.
The Luxor temple served as a place of worship for nearly 3,500 years and
was also the center of the festival of Opet (ancient Egyptian festival
of the second month of the lunar calendar).
According to Egyptian
legends, the Luxor Temple was “the place of the First Occasion,” where
the god Amun experienced a rebirth. Today, the massive Great Colonnade
Hall is one of the most vital remains of this vast temple complex.
Clancy's comment: The age of these temples is gob smacking.
I'm ...
Is that a modern house next to it beyond the wall? What a spoiler.
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