A walkway of ram headed sphinxes at each side of the road leads to the principal entry of Karnak temple, this sanctuary is one of the most famous temples of antiquity, it was part of the ancient city Thebes, (at present Luxor city) the capital of Egypt during the “New Egyptian Empire” period, at the times when Egypt accomplished the highest point of its glory.
It is the biggest temples conglomerate of Egypt and probably the major temple complex in the world for its abundant colossal work and the immense terrain of about 250 acres that it covers.
Karnak was consecrated to their gods: Amon, goddess Mut and their son Khonsu that conform the Theban triad, this gods for some reason gained more power and took over the ancient Theban god Monthu.
Because of multiple representations of their main god Amon with the attributes of their god Min at the entrances of the principal enclosure of this sacred area indicates that this temples complex was also dedicated to fertility worshiping.
Thebes progressed at the time when Ahmes I managed to defeat the Hyksos and by so unified again Egypt. At that time the god Amon was the principal deity of the ancient Theban families that managed to confront and liberate the nation from its oppressors.
It is the biggest temples conglomerate of Egypt and probably the major temple complex in the world for its abundant colossal work and the immense terrain of about 250 acres that it covers.
Karnak was consecrated to their gods: Amon, goddess Mut and their son Khonsu that conform the Theban triad, this gods for some reason gained more power and took over the ancient Theban god Monthu.
Because of multiple representations of their main god Amon with the attributes of their god Min at the entrances of the principal enclosure of this sacred area indicates that this temples complex was also dedicated to fertility worshiping.
Thebes progressed at the time when Ahmes I managed to defeat the Hyksos and by so unified again Egypt. At that time the god Amon was the principal deity of the ancient Theban families that managed to confront and liberate the nation from its oppressors.
Therefore this god symbol of triumph became the principal god of Egypt. This god reached its utmost influence during the rule of Ramses III the second pharaoh of the twentieth dynasty perhaps the last of the important rulers of Egypt.
It took more that thousand years to build and where the pharaohs of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth dynasties who did most of the edification, and there was also some repair done during the Ptolemy period.
There are temples to in honor of the gods: Monthu the ancient god of Thebes during the “Middle Egyptian Empire”, to Ptah the principal god of Memphis and others, but the most important temples of the complex are the temples ones dedicated for Amon, Nut and Khensu the triad that stranded out over the city.
Also there are a number of temples made for their Pharaohs, Amenhotep II, Thotmes I, Ramses II and Ramses III is proper to mention that there is found an obelisk that was completed in times Hatshepsut the most famous woman pharaoh It is about] 30 meters high and weighs around 320 tons, its know that she made great contributions to the temple but forty years later after her death her name was erased for
It took more that thousand years to build and where the pharaohs of the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth dynasties who did most of the edification, and there was also some repair done during the Ptolemy period.
There are temples to in honor of the gods: Monthu the ancient god of Thebes during the “Middle Egyptian Empire”, to Ptah the principal god of Memphis and others, but the most important temples of the complex are the temples ones dedicated for Amon, Nut and Khensu the triad that stranded out over the city.
Also there are a number of temples made for their Pharaohs, Amenhotep II, Thotmes I, Ramses II and Ramses III is proper to mention that there is found an obelisk that was completed in times Hatshepsut the most famous woman pharaoh It is about] 30 meters high and weighs around 320 tons, its know that she made great contributions to the temple but forty years later after her death her name was erased for
All the famous pharaohs of this epoch contributed to the aggrandizement of this marvelous place that even today causes surprise and admiration to the dedicated work in the time of its splendor.
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