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Karnak Fallen Obelisk EG074865jhp Karnak Temple Luxor granite fallen obelisk Horus Hieroglyphs Egyptian deep-cut carvings found behind the huge statue of Ramses going out of the eastern gate to the Open Air Museum and this huge temple complex is located on the East Bank of the River Nile and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. It is not usually part of the standard tour package so has to be entered ‘privately’ and an additional ticket purchased on entry, accessed from the First Forecourt through the eastern gate past the famous standing statue of Ramses 11. Passing through an area full of stored blocks rescued from other parts of the Karnak site, you can view restored chapels including such as an Amenhotep 1 alabaster barque chapel, the exquisite White Chapel of Senwosret 1, the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut and a recent large addition is the reconstruction of Thutmosis IV [Thutmose] temple for a quiet, contemplative and beautiful experience to the busy main Karnak tour. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, fallen, broken, obelisk, pyramidion, Horus, carvings, granite, hieroglyphs, courtyard, Taharqa, column, kiosk, entrance, front, upright, Ramses, statue, rear, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology
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Karnak Fallen Obelisk EG074865jhp
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Karnak Temple Luxor granite fallen obelisk Horus Hieroglyphs Egyptian deep-cut

carvings found behind the huge statue of Ramses going out of the eastern gate to the Open Air Museum and this huge temple complex is located on the East Bank of the River Nile and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. It is not usually part of the standard tour package so has to be entered ‘privately’ and an additional ticket purchased on entry, accessed from the First Forecourt through the eastern gate past the famous standing statue of Ramses 11. Passing through an area full of stored blocks rescued from other parts of the Karnak site, you can view restored chapels including such as an Amenhotep 1 alabaster barque chapel, the exquisite White Chapel of Senwosret 1, the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut and a recent large addition is the reconstruction of Thutmosis IV [Thutmose] temple for a quiet, contemplative and beautiful experience to the busy main Karnak tour.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, fallen, broken, obelisk, pyramidion, Horus, carvings, granite, hieroglyphs, courtyard, Taharqa, column, kiosk, entrance, front, upright, Ramses, statue, rear, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology