The Luxor Temple (Arabic: معبد الأقصر) is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as...
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Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open-air museum", as the ruins of the Egyptian temple complexes at Karnak and Luxor stand...
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The Luxor massacre was a terrorist attack that occurred on 17 November 1997 in Egypt. It was perpetrated by al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya and resulted in the...
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Ancient Egyptian architecture (section Luxor Temple)
the lotus, has a continuously recurring decoration of stipules. At the Luxor Temple, the columns are reminiscent of papyrus bundles, perhaps symbolic of...
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over 3,000 years old, carved to stand either side of the portal of the Luxor Temple in the reign of Ramesses II (c. 1250 BC). The right-hand (western) stone...
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includes areas on both the eastern bank of the Nile, where the temples of Karnak and Luxor stand and where the city was situated; and the western bank,...
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26 New Kingdom statues that were found buried in the Luxor statue cache in the nearby Luxor Temple in 1989. The royal mummies of two pharaohs – Ahmose...
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carried the statue for 2 km from Karnak Temple to “Luxor Temple, destination of the Opet Feast.” At the Luxor Temple, a ritual marriage ceremony took place...
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Karnak (redirect from Temple of Karnak)
Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (/ˈkɑːr.næk/), comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt...
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pylons can be seen in Karnak, Luxor Temple and Edfu. Rituals to the god Amun were often carried out on the top of temple pylons. A pair of obelisks usually...
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(dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed...
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February 2020. Luxor Temple The four temples donated to countries assisting the relocation are: Temple of Debod (Madrid, Spain) Temple of Dendur (Metropolitan...
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Okamoto. Aswan Beirut Cairo Dorset Durham Faiyum Florence Istanbul London Luxor New York City Paris Poznań Rome Urbino Only about 30 such obelisks are still...
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Winter Palace Hotel (redirect from Winter Palace Hotel, Luxor)
resort hotel located on the banks of the River Nile in Luxor, Egypt, just south of Luxor Temple, with 86 rooms and 6 suites. The hotel was built by Benjamin...
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Place de la Concorde (section Luxor Obelisk)
the entrance to the Luxor Temple. The wali of Egypt, or hereditary governor, Muhammad Ali Pasha, offered the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk as a diplomatic...
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"mortuary", such as Luxor Temple and the Festival Hall of Thutmose III at Karnak. Patricia Spencer suggests that the term applied to "any temple in which the...
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The Temple of Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian temple. It is located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. The edifice is an example...
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Abu Haggag Mosque (category Buildings and structures in Luxor)
into the structure of Luxor Temple, an Ancient Egyptian centre of worship, making it one of the oldest continuously used temples in the world, dating back...
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commemorative scarab of Queen Tiye. Massive sculptures of scarabs can be seen at Luxor Temple, at the Serapeum in Alexandria (see Serapis) and elsewhere in Egypt....
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founded by the Phoenicians. In Egypt, a severe flood covers the floor of Luxor temple, and years later, a civil war starts. It is the beginning of the Iron...
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Amenhotep commissioned the depiction of his divine birth to be displayed at Luxor Temple. Amenhotep claimed that his true father was the god Amun, who had taken...
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repeated seven times and the Poem eight times, spread across temples in Abydos, Temple of Luxor, Karnak, Abu Simbel and the Ramesseum, and two hieratic papyri...
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Amun (section Temple at Karnak)
walls of the Cachette Court, the start of the processional route to the Luxor Temple. This Great Inscription (which has now lost about a third of its content)...
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(2007) Orkney: A Historical Guide. Edinburgh. Birlinn. p. 40. "Megalithic Temples of Malta". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 July 2012. Mcintosh, Jane (2009). Handbook...
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Building in Albany, New York. The colonnade of Amenhotep III at the Luxor temple The Stoa of Attalos in the reconstructed Ancient Agora of Athens The...
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Khnum (section Temple at Elephantine)
Khnum made "her appearance above the gods". Additionally, reliefs in the Luxor Temple illustrate Khnum crafting the body and ka of King Amenhotep III in a...
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his study of the art and architecture of the Temple of Luxor in Egypt, and his subsequent book The Temple In Man. René Schwaller left home at the age of...
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Granite statue of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet from the Luxor Temple, dated 1403–1365 BC, exhibited in the National Museum of Denmark...
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Egyptian hieroglyphs with cartouches for the name "Ramesses II", from the Luxor Temple, New Kingdom...
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