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 .

Southern Upper Egypt

Southern Upper Egypt – the region between Thebes and Aswan – was the most southerly area of Egypt proper , before Nubia and the regions of the south .