Sunday, September 4, 2016

Colonnade Hall of Amenhotep III at Luxor Temple .. Part ( 8 )

We must now retrace our steps to the Forecourt of Amenhotep where we first entered the temple, in order that we may complete our survey of the 18th dynasty buildings by viewing what is doubtless the most imposing part of the whole temple,

Barque Shrine of Alexander the Great & Offering Table Room & Main Sanctuary of Amûn .. Part ( 7 )

Barque Shrine of Alexander the Great :-
From the birth-room, we pass into another three-columned chamber, whose reliefs are much damaged, and thence we enter the later Sanctuary, which was originally a four-columned vestibule before the earlier Sanctuary,

Saturday, September 3, 2016

The Birth Room of Amenhotep III and The Birth Cycle of the king at Luxor Temple .. Part ( 6 )

We now return to the Hypostyle Hall, in order to get access, by passing out of the temple, and re-entering it on the right hand, beyond the First Vestibule, to the Birth-room, which as we have seen, was at least one of the reasons for the building of the whole temple .