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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 Ramses Cartouches EG074816jhp Luxor Temple ancient Egypt granite peristyle lintel Ramses cartouches names 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. Inside the Peristyle court built by Ramses and behind the pylon nearest to the Nile, ie West side is a Triple Shrine built by Thutmosis 11 to the Gods Mut, Amun and Khonsu. The cartouches are those of Ramses, Usermaatre his throne name. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, pigeon, bird, hieroglyphics, cartouches, granite, deep-cut, names, throne, birth, Usermaatre, Ra-messes, duck, set, rebirth, sun, ra, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental
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Collection: Luxor Temple
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Luxor Ramses Cartouches EG074816jhp
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Luxor Temple ancient Egypt granite peristyle lintel Ramses cartouches names

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. Inside the Peristyle court built by Ramses and behind the pylon nearest to the Nile, ie West side is a Triple Shrine built by Thutmosis 11 to the Gods Mut, Amun and Khonsu. The cartouches are those of Ramses, Usermaatre his throne name.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, pigeon, bird, hieroglyphics, cartouches, granite, deep-cut, names, throne, birth, Usermaatre, Ra-messes, duck, set, rebirth, sun, ra, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental