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Karnak - The Great Temple of Amun

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The Precinct of Amun, Karnak is dedicated to Amun, the principle god of the Theban Triad. It was begun in the Twenty-Second Dynasty and every succeeding Pharaoh added to it. The Temple was supported by pious gifts of land whose proceeds benefited the Temple, and by the time of Akhenaten, the priesthood of Amun was very powerful.

The abandonment of Amun and the city of Thebes by Akhenaten may have been an effort to weaken the political power of the priesthood, as well as an ideological decision.

This 1880 drawing shows an artist's impression of the hypostyle hall of columns with the roof intact.

	Entrance to Karnak. Click on the picture to see it full screen.
	View of the complex from the back. Note the obelisks, the furthermost one being one of the famous obelisks of Hatshepsut. Click on picture for a full screen view.

The site is difficult to comprehend as it is not a single temple. It has grown from an initial core, with each succeeding Pharaoh adding another court or temple, and tearing down others. Instead of placing items within the complex on a diagram, we have chosen just to show you the "sights". Their historical significance being overshadowed by their magnificence and beauty.

Since we have visited, a great deal of reconstruction has taken place.

Details of Karnak are shown below. Click on the pictures to see them full sized.

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		Ram headed sphinxes which line the entrance to Karnak.			A colossal statue of Ramesses III standing before a pylon. The artistic style is reminiscent of the statuary from Tutankhamun's tomb.
		Ram headed sphinx.			A reconstructed statue in the Hypostyle Hall.
		Toward the Second Pylon and the great hypostyle hall beyond. middle			A small shrine outside the Temple of Amun. end
		Ramesses II and the Princess Bent'anta. This statue has been "recycled" from its original owner, probably Ramesses II, to be first claimed by Ramesses VI and finally by Pinedjem I. The striding feet to its left belong to Ramesses II.			The Sacred Lake.
		Columns of the Hypostyle Hall. between			Scarab statue beside the Sacred Lake.
		The top of a station platform for the procession of the statue of Ramesses I. The enemies of the King are depicted on the stone, there to be perpetually beneath his feet.			"Back Gate" .
		Pharaoh statues lining a courtyard.

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