Of the two great temples of Thebes ( east bank ), that
of Luxor Temple, though by no means so imposing as its vast neighbour at
Karnak, should perhaps be the first to be visited .
Its nearness to the centre
of things in the town of Luxor is one reason for this preference ; but another
and more important reason is that Luxor Temple, while gigantic and complicated
enough, is, in comparison with the vastness and infinite complexity of Karnak,
simplicity itself .
It is better for the visitor to become accustomed to
the huge scale and the differing styles and periods of a really Ancient Egyptian
temple ( which he has not yet seen, Dendera being, comparatively speaking, modern,
and even Abydos only of the 19th dynasty and of almost uncomplicated
architecture ) in the case of a temple like Luxor, where neither the scale of
the building nor its complexity is so bewildering as in the case of Karnak .
Both temples are, in a sense, epitomes in stone of
Egyptian history ; but at Luxor Temple the thread is less tangled and easier to
follow than at Karnak, and its colonnades, especially the great colonnade of
Amenophis ( Amenhotep ) III, make a most impressive picture from the river .
The lights and shadows of the great building are best seen in the afternoon ;
but if good fortune the visitor to Thebes with a waxing moon, a visit to Luxor
Temple by moonlight will prove an experience not be forgotten .
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