Sunday, August 28, 2016

Luxor temple .. About the temple .. Part ( 1 )

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 .

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Some Of Other Small Buildings .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 24 )

We now leave the enclosure of Montu by the south-eastern gate, built by Nectanebis II, and re-enter the great enclosure of Amen-Rê and proceed eastwards, passing a sgrine of the Ethiopian Pharaoh Shabaka, consisting of a twelve-columned hall, with tables for offering ranged round its brick walls .

The Temple Of Montu .. The Karnak Temple Complex .. Part ( 23 )

We now pass through a gateway in the north temenos wall of the great temple, and reach the brick wall surrounding the precinct of the temple of Montu, the most ancient god of Thebes .