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Pictures from the great Mortuary temple of Ramasses 111 called the Medinet Habu on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor
Medinet Habu SS983511JHP Egyptian Medinet Habu Temple Second Pylon Gate Doorway Hieroglyphs Carvings located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111, this photo being the entrance into the second court. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately. . Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, River Nile, West Bank, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Amun, Kematef, decorated, painted, hieroglyphics, surfaces, Djamet, Ramasses, Ramesses, Osiride, statues, colonnade, portico, court, second, pylon, gate
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Collection: Medinet Habu
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Medinet Habu SS983511JHP
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Egyptian Medinet Habu Temple Second Pylon Gate Doorway Hieroglyphs Carvings

located on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111, this photo being the entrance into the second court. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately.







































































































































































































































































































. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, River Nile, West Bank, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Amun, Kematef, decorated, painted, hieroglyphics, surfaces, Djamet, Ramasses, Ramesses, Osiride, statues, colonnade, portico, court, second, pylon, gate