Karnak temple
The Karnak Temple is located in a small village north of Luxor on the eastern bank of the Nile. The oldest parts of the temple complex date from the 12th dynasty of the Egyptian Empire. The temple complex was rebuilt into the Roman Empire and its corridors expanded. The Karnak Temple has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979, together with the Theban Necropolis and the Luxor Temple, of which the Egyptians are very proud. In no other country are these pharaonic temples in abundance as here. Another highlight of the temple complex is the Temple of Amun-Re with ten pylons. It is 113 meters wide and 15 meters thick. The area amounts to 30 hectares.
On a Nile cruise you stop here in Thebes and look at the old temple ruins. There are very many of this kind, but all are dedicated to a different Pharaoh and to God. The facility consists of three areas surrounded by walls. The Amun district is also taken into account. Amun means "place of election" in ancient Egyptian.
The district of the month also belongs to the temple and has a size of 150 x 156 meters and a total area of ​​2.34 hectares. Another district is that of Mut, which is one of the largest enclosed areas with 9.2 hectares. However, the three districts of the temple are not the only ones. The Aton Temple is also part of the Karnak and was built by him.
Even then, many millennia ago, an avenue connected the temple parts with each other. 365 sphinxes stand on this avenue. The Luxor Temple is only about 2.5 kilometers away and can easily be visited on a cruise on the day. The avenue stretches to the Luxor temple.
The street is very attractively designed and a Sphinx is something very special in Egypt. The first evidence of the construction of the Amun cult was found in the Middle Kingdom.
At that time it was an octagonal column dedicated to Antef II. You can find all of this in the Luxor Museum, which, by the way, should definitely be seen, because here Egyptian history is presented like nowhere else.
