Egypt > Karnak Temple > Karnak Papyrus Column EG074958jhp
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© Jim Henderson
Photographer: | Jim Henderson | |||
Collection: | Karnak Temple | |||
Filename: | Karnak Papyrus Column EG074958jhp |
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Upload Date: | 2007-10-19 08:59:16 | |||
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Caption: | Karnak Egypt Festival Hall Thutmosis cartouches Colonnade papyrus bud columnnear 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 of these four papyrus bud columns is on the outside Festival Hall of Thutmose 111 towards the north eastern corner. 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; this area is described as Akhmenu by the ULCA Digital Karnak Archive but not mentioned a such in any other guide books although it does mean festival Hall per se. This area covers, the Hall of Ancestors containing an extensive king’s list, the famous botanical garden suite with plants found on his military campaigns into Palestine, a shrine for the underworld God Sokar and beyond the remains of a stand of beautiful papyrus columns described as the Colonnade of Tuthmosis 111 and other parts such as The Temple of the Hearing Ear, a sort of public area where offerings and prayers could be made to Amun; the inner sanctum being inaccessible to all but the priests and pharaoh. |
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