Karnak
Travel Guide to Karnak
The Travel Guide to Karnak highlights
the most important places to visit in this area of Egypt and its
significance to the history of Egypt together with Ancient Egyptian
facts and information about Karnak. The Temple of Karnak is located on
the East Bank of Luxor.
Luxor Egypt
Places to Visit and
tour in Karnak
The most famous place to visit in Karnak
is as follows:
The Temple of Karnak
Karnak houses the largest temple complex ever built and the Temple of
Karnak was the center of worship of the Ancient Egyptian god Amun. The
complex consists of three main temples together with several smaller
enclosed and outer temples. The
complex of temples consists of temples, pylons, obelisks, shrines,
statues, avenue of sphinxes and sacred lakes. The Karnak temples and
monuments were built to celebrate the following gods and the living gods
who were the Pharaohs:
Location of Karnak
Our Egypt travel guide
differentiates between the sites of Upper and Lower Egypt. Ancient Egypt
originally consisted of two parts which were called Upper and Lower
Egypt. Karnak is located in
Upper Egypt.
Upper Egypt was the valley area in the South and Lower Egypt was
the delta area in the North. Upper and Lower Egypt each had their own
governments and rulers. These two parts Egypt were eventually united in
3118BC. Plan your Tour of Egypt around the most important and ancient sites of Upper Egypt, including Karnak, using our travel guide.
Karnak
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