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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 Sphinx EG054725jhp Luxor Temple Egyptian sphinx face lion face on facing palm trees part of an avenue of sphinxes at this important temple located on the east bank of the River Nile at Luxor, Egypt. Luxor Temple is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. Facing the pylon is the long Avenue of Sphinxes attributed to Nectanebo 1 which went completed would have joined up with Karnak Temple and recent reclamation work had established much of this avenue running through the town. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, granite, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Nectanebo, pharaoh, statues, seated, sphinxes, sphinx, colonnade, avenue, sunlight
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Temple
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Luxor Temple Sphinx EG054725jhp
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 08:01:22
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Luxor Temple Egyptian sphinx face lion face on facing palm

trees part of an avenue of sphinxes at this important temple located on the east bank of the River Nile at Luxor, Egypt. Luxor Temple is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. Facing the pylon is the long Avenue of Sphinxes attributed to Nectanebo 1 which went completed would have joined up with Karnak Temple and recent reclamation work had established much of this avenue running through the town.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, granite, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, Nectanebo, pharaoh, statues, seated, sphinxes, sphinx, colonnade, avenue, sunlight