Egypt > Luxor Temple > Luxor Shrine Feast EG074811jhp
Images in this gallery relate to the east bank of the Nile temple called Luxor Temple including night photos and the Avenue of Sphinxes
© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Luxor Temple | |||
Filename: | Luxor Shrine Feast EG074811jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2005-04-20 08:30:21 | |||
Photo Size: | 11mb 3555x5313 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Luxor Temple ancient Egypt pylon mosque granite Triple Shrine Obelisklocated 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 in which this relief of a feast would be offered at the annual Opet Festival. The cartouches are those of Ramses, Usermaatre his throne name. |
Keywords: | Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, Thurmosis, Thutmose, Triple, Shrine, feast, Opet, food, offering, Peristyle, court, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental |