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- Karnak Temple
Karnak Temple - the largest temple complex in Ancient Egypt, measuring 1.5 km by 700 meters, consisting of 33 temples and halls, which was supplemented and changed over two millennia. The size of the temple is impressive, especially if you remember that everything here was built manually by hundreds of thousands of workers. The ancient Egyptians Karnak was known as the “most beautiful of places”, and even in ruins it remains magnificent. The construction of the temple dates back to 2000 BC. It was built by about 30 pharaohs over 1500 years. Each pharaoh tried to contribute to the temple and perpetuate his name and his merits. Significant changes in the construction of the Karnak Temple received during the reign of Amenhotep III, Ramses I, Ramses II, Ramses III, Queen Hatshepsut, Thutmose I and Thutmose III. Under the reign of Queen Hatshepsut, two gigantic thirty-meter obelisks were erected in her honor and eight pylons in the temple of Amun. Under Thutmose III, the Karnak temple was built up with walls, and the reliefs of the Egyptian people were painted on the bas-reliefs. The statue of Ramses III still stands still and has nearby tiny statues of his daughter. To date, the collection of sanctuaries, pavilions, pylons and obelisks of the Karnak Temple has formed a colossal open-air stone museum. The temple is located on the territory of the ancient city of Thebes, in modern Karnak, a small village lying on the eastern bank of the Nile, 2.5 km from Luxor, and covers more than 100 acres of land. For more than 1300 years, this area was buried under the sand until excavations began in the 19th century. The temple complex consists of three parts. The central part is occupied by the temple of Amon Ra. This is the largest and most interesting temple, which began to be built during the reign of Amenhotep III. Sixteen-meter columns with numerous bas-reliefs that once supported the arch were arranged in 16 rows and formed a sacred corridor. At the top of each column could accommodate about 50 people, and each bas-relief contains colored and gilded images describing the ascent of the pharaoh to the Gods. To the south is the temple of Mut, dedicated to Amon's wife, Queen Mut. To the north are the ruins of the Montu Temple. South of the Karnak Temple there is the Sacred Lake - the ablution pond, near which a column is installed, which is crowned by a large-scale scarab beetle. For the ancient Egyptians, the scarab beetle was a sacred symbol of prosperity. Karnak temple complex is the second most popular in Egypt after the Great Pyramids. Since 1979, this temple, together with the Luxor Temple and Theban necropolises, is included in the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Год назад мы уже были в Египте, летали из Шарм-эль-Шейха в Каир для знакомства с пирамидами и сокровищами Каирского музея. Нам понравилось, и мы решили продолжить изучение Египта в древнейшем его регионе на западном берегу Красного моря. Отель мы выбрали недалеко от Хургады, с тем, чтобы иметь возможность посетить Луксор и Карнак. Подробно об этом потрясающем месте расскажу
