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Images in this gallery relate to the east bank of the Nile temple called Luxor Temple including night photos and the Avenue of Sphinxes
Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053561jhp Luxor Temple ancient Egypt columns mosque Abu 'l-Haggag Peristyle court located on east bank River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. The Islamic Mosque dedicated to a local saint Abu'l Haggag illustrates the religious reverence of this site over the centuries. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Mosque, Crescent, Abu'l Hagag, Haggag, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Temple
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Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053561jhp
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 09:26:03
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Luxor Temple ancient Egypt columns mosque Abu 'l-Haggag Peristyle court

located on east bank River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. The Islamic Mosque dedicated to a local saint Abu'l Haggag illustrates the religious reverence of this site over the centuries.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Mosque, Crescent, Abu'l Hagag, Haggag, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental