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Karnak Painted Wall EG074961jhp Karnak Egypt festival hall Thutmosis painted interior Amun plumed headdress wall reliefs near 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 photograph is of detail of the still visible coloured decoration of the Festival Hall of Thutmose 111. The hall was constructed next to one of the oldest areas of Karnak Temple. This is a complex mix of columned hall, chapels, magazines which are not represented in these photos and included an area described as Akhmenu by the ULCA Karnak Archive but not mentioned a such in any other guide books. This area covers the famous botanical garden suite with plants found on his military campaigns into Palestine, a suite for the underworld God Sokar and beyond the remains of a stand of beautiful papyrus columns described as the Colonnade of Tuthmosis 111. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Thutmosis, Thutmose, 111, Amun, interior, inside, wall, painted, reliefs, offering, scene, festival, hall, colours, colors, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Men-Khepheru-Re, Blessed, Most, Splendid, Monuments, hieroglyphs, corridor
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Painted Wall EG074961jhp
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 09:00:42
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Karnak Egypt festival hall Thutmosis painted interior Amun plumed headdress

wall reliefs near 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 photograph is of detail of the still visible coloured decoration of the Festival Hall of Thutmose 111. The hall was constructed next to one of the oldest areas of Karnak Temple. This is a complex mix of columned hall, chapels, magazines which are not represented in these photos and included an area described as Akhmenu by the ULCA Karnak Archive but not mentioned a such in any other guide books. This area covers the famous botanical garden suite with plants found on his military campaigns into Palestine, a suite for the underworld God Sokar and beyond the remains of a stand of beautiful papyrus columns described as the Colonnade of Tuthmosis 111.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Thutmosis, Thutmose, 111, Amun, interior, inside, wall, painted, reliefs, offering, scene, festival, hall, colours, colors, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, Men-Khepheru-Re, Blessed, Most, Splendid, Monuments, hieroglyphs, corridor