Carved relief on a wall inside the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple complex in Luxor, (ancient Thebes);constructed from 1100 BC-1600 BC. Luxor temple was built with sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila area, in South-Western Egypt. This sandstone is referred to as Nubian Sandstone. From medieval times the Muslim population of Luxor had settled in and around the temple, at the southward end of the mount. It has been determined that the Luxor temple holds great significance to the Opet Festival. The Luxor Temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of the cult of the Royal Ka, Amun, Mut, and Khonsu and
Carved relief on a wall inside the ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple complex in Luxor, (ancient Thebes);constructed from 1100 BC-1600 BC. Luxor temple was built with sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila area, in South-Western Egypt. This sandstone is referred to as Nubian Sandstone. From medieval times the Muslim population of Luxor had settled in and around the temple, at the southward end of the mount. It has been determined that the Luxor temple holds great significance to the Opet Festival. 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
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