Historical Notes .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 4 )

Her successor, Tuthmosis III, made considerable additions to the growing building . He sheathed the obelisks of Hatshepsut in masonry up to the roof of the cedar hall, so that the inscriptions of the great queen should not be visible; but his other works were more worthy of his name .

Historical Notes .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 3 )

It is, however, with the rise of the 18^th dynasty that the glory of Karnak becomes the increasing study of each successive Pharaoh .

Historical Notes .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 2 )

• Karnak and Thebes rose and fell together, it was with the rise of The Middle Kingdom that Amûn and his temple really begin to come into the prominence which they never afterwards lost, save for the brief interlude of Atenism, until the fall of the Empire .

Karnak and its temples .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 1 )

• About a mile and a half from of Luxor lies the vast aggregate of sacred buildings which we know as Karnak .