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The Karnak Temple Complex

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Mortuary Temple of Queen Hatshepsut. West Bank, Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt

Karnak Temple is a vast open-air museum, it’s the largest temple all over the world. No site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak. It’s not just one temple but three temples within each other, dedicated to the god Amun Ra, his wife goddess Mut, and their son god Khnsu.

This huge temple complex was the biggest cult center at Thebes (modern-day Luxor) during the time of the new kingdom 18th dynasty in 1500 BC. It took the ancient Egyptians more than 2000 years to build this temple, more than 30 kings contributed to the building each of them added something to satisfy the “Amun Ra” and that’s how it became the largest of the Egyptian temples.

Someone defaced the walls of Karnak Temple with writing. Karnak Temple is the largest ancient religious site in the world, located in Luxor, Upper Egypt, Africa.

The Karnak Temple Complex

Someone defaced the walls of Karnak Temple with writing. Karnak Temple is the largest ancient religious site in the world, located in Luxor, Upper Egypt, Africa.

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