Egypt > Karnak Temple > Karnak Carved Wall EG074950jhp
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© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Karnak Temple | |||
Filename: | Karnak Carved Wall EG074950jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-19 08:54:53 | |||
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Caption: | Karnak Temple Egyptian Sanctuary Wall Tuthmose Maat Palace Carving obelisknear the most sacred part of this huge sprawling site located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. This photo is situated near the sixth pylon on the outer wall of the inner sanctum around various chapels and shrines attributed to Amenhotep, Hatshepsut and Thutmose 111 leading to the central court area but this outer wall has important offering scnes and texts relating to Tuthmose's military campaigns into Syria and Palestine. Captured on this wall is Tuthmose offering gists to Amun such as two obelisks which had their pyramidions coverd in electrum but were eventually removed. This wall is described as the Palace of Ma'at on the UCLA Karnak website but not mentioned as such in either the Blue Book, Murnane or the touregypt sites. Just visible is the top of the obleisk of Hatshepsut. |
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