DAY 105 continued LUXOR TEMPLE

Luxor Temple 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. Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a deified version of the king in death. Instead Luxor temple is dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship; it may have been where many of the kings 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.)

To the rear of the temple are chapels built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty, and Alexander. Other parts of the temple were built by Tutankhamun and Ramesses II. During the Roman era, the temple and its surroundings were a legionary fortress and the home of the Roman government in the area.

The following pictures represent only a small portion of what is left of this ancient antiquity.

ONE OF THE 2 OBELISKS THE REMAINS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TEMPLE THE OTHER OBELISKS IS IN FRANCE OTHERS FROM THE ENTRANCES TO OTHER TEMPLES ARE IN ITALY, ONE IN THE USA, ETC...

THE ONLY OTHER 2 THAT ARE LEFT IN EGYPT ARE AT THE ENTRANCE TO QUEEN HATSHEPSUT'S TOMB

RAMSES 11

ONE SIDE OF 2 ROWS OF SYMMETRICAL COLUMNS

WHEN THE MUSLIMS CAPTURED EGYPT IN THE 1700'S THEY BUILT A MOSQUE ON THE TEMPLE GROUNDS WITH RESPECT FOR WHAT CAME BEFORE

NOTE HOW TRIVIAL THE PEOPLE LOOK AT THE BASE OF THE STATUES

HIEROGLYPHIC  PAINTINGS THAT REMAIN AS VIVID AS THEY WERE WHEN THEY WERE PAINTED 3000 YEARS AGO 

CAR TUSH FOR THE NAME ABRAHAM

TWO LOST KINGS

COURTYARD

AVENUE OF THE SPHINX

 A 3 km long avenue of sphinxes connected Luxor Temple with the southern end of the sprawling Karnak temple complex to the north.

3000 YEARS AGO BC THE PHARAOH'S RULED THE WORLDS 1 ST NATION THE TEMPLE OF LUXOR WAS ADDED TO BY SUCCESSIVE PHARAOHS EVERY PHARAOH WANTED TO OVERSHADOW THE PHARAOH BEFORE HIM EACH AGGRANDIZING THEMSELVES

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