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Images in this gallery relate to the east bank of the Nile temple called Luxor Temple including night photos and the Avenue of Sphinxes
Luxor Temple EG074826JHP Luxor Temple Pylon Frontage Vista Ancient Egyptian Obelisk Statues Ramesses located on the east bank of the River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. On the side of the huge black granite seats are carvings in excellent state of repair illustrating early the mythology of ancient Egypt, the Union of the Two Lands; Upper and Lower Egypt. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, ruler, huge, monumental, statues, seated
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Temple
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Luxor Temple EG074826JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 07:44:45
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Luxor Temple Pylon Frontage Vista Ancient Egyptian Obelisk Statues Ramesses

located on the east bank of the River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. On the side of the huge black granite seats are carvings in excellent state of repair illustrating early the mythology of ancient Egypt, the Union of the Two Lands; Upper and Lower Egypt.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, ruler, huge, monumental, statues, seated