The Luxor Temple is a huge ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes). Construction work on the temple began during the reign of Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC. Horemh
The Luxor Temple is a huge ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes). Construction work on the temple began during the reign of Amenhotep III in the 14th century BC. Horemheb and Tutankhamun added columns, statues, and friezes. Akhenaten had earlier obliterated his father's cartouches and installed a shrine to the Aten, but the only major expansion effort took place under Rameses II some 100 years after the first stones were put in place. Ramesses II was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. He built extensively throughout Egypt and Nubia, and his cartouches are prominently displayed even in buildings that he did not actually construct. He built on a monumental scale to ensure that his legacy would survive the ravages of time. He used art as a means of propaganda for his victories over foreigners, which are depicted on numerous temple reliefs. He also erected more colossal statues of himself than any other pharaoh. He also usurped many existing statues by inscribing his own cartouche on them. Luxor is unique among the main Egyptian temple complexes in having only two pharaohs leave their mark on its architectural structure. In Luxor there are six great temples, the four on the left bank are known as Goornah, Deir-el-Bahri, the Ramesseum, and Medinet Habu; and the two temples on the right bank are known as the Karnak and Luxor. The Luxor Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of the cult of the Royal Ka, Amun, Mut, and Khonsu and was built during the New Kingdom. Photograph credited to American Colony (Jerusalem) circa 1900-1920.
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