Tour Luxor Temple

Tour Luxor Temple

Founded in 1400 BCE the Luxor Temple was a site of ancient rites to the gods Amun, Chons and Mut. Egypt trips without a halt here are incomplete

Many Fascinating Aspects

established in Luxor, Egypt this temple of Luxor has many fascinating facets and characteristics that extend to attract multitudes of persons. The temple of Luxor, some 260 m (850 ft) long today, was built by Amenophis III on the bases of a preceding devout structure, going out with from the time of ruler Hatshepsut.

The Luxor Temple Colonnades

One of the glories of the ancient Egyptian temple of Luxor is a majestic colonnade going out with to the reign of Amenophis III. The colonnade is surrounded on both edges by a concrete curtain wall, with reliefs depicting diverse stages of the carnival of Opet, completed and decorated throughout the reigns of Tutankhamun and Horemheb.

The observance that took location in the Luxor temple were of large significance, and their devout symbolism complex. throughout the carnival of Opet, the feast of the royal jubilee, the divine rebirth of the pharaoh, child of Amun, was commemorated, reaffirming in this way his power.

The ancient Egyptian temple of Luxor furthermore assisted as a shrine for the worship of the divine and immortal portion of the pharaoh, the royal "ka", emblem of the legitimacy of the pharaoh's power, which was universal and not restricted to any individual pharaoh.

Courtyard of Ramsees II

The enclosed yard of Ramses II, is enclosed by a peristyle of 74 papyrus pillars arranged in a twice row and adorned with 16 figurines of the pharaoh, and incorporates a three-part chapel on the northern side, furthermore dedicated to the Theban triad and going out with to Hatshepsut's reign.

The Obelisks

furthermore going out with to the reign of Ramses II are two large obelisks that once stood before the first pylon (a phrase drawn from from the Greek significance 'gateway') and which were granted to France by the ruler of Egypt, Mohammad Ali, in 1819.

The western obelisk in the Luxor temple, more than 21 m (70 ft) big and weighing 210 tons, was taken by the French in 1836 and erected in Paris in the location de la Concorde. All assertions to ownership over the second obelisk, which stayed in its place in Egypt.

The Abu El Haggag Mosque

On the eastern side of the Luxor Temple Ramses II courtyard a Byzantine church was constructed in the sixth years publicity, and on top of that, throughout the reign of the Ayyubid sultans (thirteenth years AD), the mosque of Abu El-Haggag was constructed. The Abu El Haggag Mosque is still in use today as a location of prayer.