Saturday, August 6, 2016

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

It is, however, with the rise of the 18th 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 .

Friday, August 5, 2016

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 .