9372i Pharaonic boat at Luxor
Along the Avenue of the Sphinxes. This is one of 3 boats recreated for the 2021 grand re-opening of the avenue, after it was excavated from centuries of covering sands. It took over 70 years to fully excavate it once discovered. These boats were used to ferry the dead from the temple on the east side of the Nile to the West, where the tombs were constructed, and souls could find their way to the afterlife.
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Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش) is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue (dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.
The original 1,057 statues are along the way, and they are divided into three shapes:[1]
The first shape is a lion's body with a ram's head erected on an area of approximately 1,000 feet between the Karnak temple and the Precinct of Mut during the reign of the ruler of the New Kingdom Tutankhamun.
The second shape is a full ram statue, built in a remote area during the eighteenth dynasty of Amenhotep III, before being transferred later to the Karnak complex.
The third shape which includes the largest part of the statues is a statue of the Sphinx (body of a lion and head of a human), the statues extend over a mile to Luxor Temple. Wikipedia
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Jenny Pansing photos
9372i Pharaonic boat at Luxor
Along the Avenue of the Sphinxes. This is one of 3 boats recreated for the 2021 grand re-opening of the avenue, after it was excavated from centuries of covering sands. It took over 70 years to fully excavate it once discovered. These boats were used to ferry the dead from the temple on the east side of the Nile to the West, where the tombs were constructed, and souls could find their way to the afterlife.
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Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road (Arabic: طريق الكباش) is a 2.7 km (1.7 mi) long avenue (dromos) which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor), with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.
The original 1,057 statues are along the way, and they are divided into three shapes:[1]
The first shape is a lion's body with a ram's head erected on an area of approximately 1,000 feet between the Karnak temple and the Precinct of Mut during the reign of the ruler of the New Kingdom Tutankhamun.
The second shape is a full ram statue, built in a remote area during the eighteenth dynasty of Amenhotep III, before being transferred later to the Karnak complex.
The third shape which includes the largest part of the statues is a statue of the Sphinx (body of a lion and head of a human), the statues extend over a mile to Luxor Temple. Wikipedia
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Jenny Pansing photos