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Karnak, Temple

Almost identical with the historical image.

 

The Karnak Temple Complex— usually called Karnak— comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began in the reign of Sesostris I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnak

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Uploaded on November 10, 2012
Taken on December 30, 2011