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Khonsu Temple & Gate 5044EG07JHP Karnak Ancient Egyptian Khonsu Temple Front Pylon Southern Propylon Gate leading through an avenue of ram headed sphinxes to the Precinct of Mut, set to the south-west of the Karnak complex and is worth a visit as it is usually free of crowds, is well preserved and is adjacent to a nicely decorated Temple of Opet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing. Karnak Temple is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, temple, pylon, propylon, gate, Mut, sphinxes, avenue, Pinedjem 1, Opet, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, sandstone, blocks
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Khonsu Temple & Gate 5044EG07JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 10:43:51
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Karnak Ancient Egyptian Khonsu Temple Front Pylon Southern Propylon Gate

leading through an avenue of ram headed sphinxes to the Precinct of Mut, set to the south-west of the Karnak complex and is worth a visit as it is usually free of crowds, is well preserved and is adjacent to a nicely decorated Temple of Opet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing. Karnak Temple is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, temple, pylon, propylon, gate, Mut, sphinxes, avenue, Pinedjem 1, Opet, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, sandstone, blocks