Karnak the largest and most important temples in the Luxor area , a temple dedicated to the god Amun, who started the first pharaoh City and completed construction of Ramses II , in addition to the temples built by continued until the first century BC
Occupies the Temple of Karnak area of so-called village strongholds in the northern part of the city of Thebes (Luxor ) , and returns the famous Karnak to being in fact a group of temples multiple built beginning from the family of the 11 around the year 2134 BC. AD , when it was a good center of Egyptian religion .
These temples walled mud-brick connected to each other through the corridors guarded by statues of two rows of monolithic Sphinx
The area of the Temple of Amun, 140 square meters, which is equipped with a large hall on the roof of a mobile column 122 , up more than 21 meters and lined up in rows 9 , this non- reliefs on the columns and the giant gates , and obelisks
Is the greatest places of worship in history , and how it does not work and the construction was going on for 1,500 years , and was named after the Islamic conquest .. Where Karnak means fort or fortified place , and the entrance to the temple is full of statues by the animal was a symbol of strength to the Pharaohs
This has been the construction of the temple to be Dara " the holy trinity of good ." This Trinity consists of God " Amon " ( and the meaning of his name " hidden " Hidden), and his wife's " death " Mut mother , and son of God , " Khun Su " Khonsu the moon god , which reflects the sky . The official is based in the Temple of Karnak , and then saw them to pay tribute to another temple in a suburb of the " good " old gods for the rest of the time period , but this was built for them the King, " Amenhotep III " this temple in Luxor . It was said that he had built on the ruins of an old house from the houses of worsh
Thus became the Temple of Karnak is the official palace of Amun , Luxor Temple also became his own home , which eliminates the family with a period of rest and recuperation in the specified deadline each year.
The temple itself is located on Corniche Road directly in front of the Nile . In the middle of the wall of the temple almost , there is a small door leading to the inside of the temple
This is the entrance dedicated to enter the temple now . It is connected to the middle of the courtyard of the temple in the courtyard known as " Amenhotep III"
Kings who participated in the building of the Temple of Luxor
The temple area of about four acres , has begun construction on the King, " Amenhotep III " from 1405 - 1370 BC , one of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty . This king has set up most of the buildings Luxor Temple , and so as we mentioned at the beginning of the modern with the aim of honoring and worshiping the holy trinity of a good god " Amun ," the goddess " death " , and the god " Khun Su ."
And participated in the creation and establishment of this temple each of the " Tutankhamun " kings " Aye ," and " Horemheb ," and " First City " , also held the King, " Ramses II " expansion in the temple . The record " Tutankhamun " views of the parade , " Opt holiday " on the walls surrounding Bsfi masters circumambulation corridor , as well as the trip " Amon " annual end at Luxor
And which is no doubt that the temple held the place of an ancient temple of the Middle Kingdom , and the king began " Thutmose III " ( 1500 BC . M) for the construction of three booths Trinity " good " sacred temple on the ruins of the old one. The booths are still " Thutmose III " found in the courtyard of the King, " Ramses II " temple. But he was not a temple in the form known only in the era of the King, " Amenhotep III," which was built three quarters
