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A stela is a commemorative stone, like a prayer made tangible. It expresses thanks to a deity for consideration of a specific wish.
New Kingdon 19th Dynasty, Ramesses II (1279 – 1213) Qantic, Pi Ramesse ( City of Ramesses) limestone. Roemer – und Pelizaues, Museum of Hildersheim.
Most Egyptians never meet the actual pharaoh, but common people may meet him symbolically through his monuments. Ramesses II, for example, displays statues presenting himself as a deity. This cult practice is popular primarily in the new city of Ramesses in the Eastern Delta.
The Karnak Temple Complex, comprises a vast mix of temples, pylons, chapels, and other buildings near Luxor, Egypt. Construction at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I (reigned 1971–1926 BC) in the Middle Kingdom (c. 2000–1700 BC) and continued into the Ptolemaic Kingdom (305–30 BC), 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 18th Dynastic Theban Triad, with the god Amun as its head.
The Luxor Temple (Arabic: معبد الأقصر) is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In the Egyptian language it was known as ipet resyt, "the southern sanctuary". It was one of the two primary temples on the east bank, the other being Karnak. Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the pharaoh in death. Instead, Luxor temple is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship; it may have been where many of the pharaohs of Egypt were crowned in reality or conceptually (as in the case of Alexander the Great, who claimed he was crowned at Luxor but may never have traveled south of Memphis, near modern Cairo).