Past visitors noted that exploring the Karnak Temple Complex is like traveling back in time. The temples are large and offer insight into life in ancient Egypt. Keep in mind that it can get hot ...

During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt. (Amun-Re was King of the Gods and father to the pharaoh.) The entire temple complex covers ...

The English writer Amelia Edwards, who traveled through Egypt in the 1870s ... on his visit to Karnak in the 19th century, called the temple "a palace of giants." Keep your eyes peeled for ...

Built to honor Amon-Re (ancient Egypt's sun god) and the female pharaoh Hatshepsut (who was believed to have descended from Amon-Re), the Temple of Hatshepsut stands out for its grand architecture ...

Statues are located in the southern side of the Karnak Temple first courtyard, there had originally been 33 before the transfer of 4 rams to Tahrir Square. Egypt’s Minister of Tourism and ...

The winter sunlight slanted across the ancient stones of the Montu Temple, casting long, ethereal shadows that danced across weathered hieroglyphs ...

Thousands of Egyptian visitors and tourists flocked to the Karnak Temple area in Luxor to witness the annual phenomenon of the sun aligning with the main axis of the temple, marking the official ...

A shaft of sunlight illuminated on Saturday 21/12/2024 the usually dark sanctum of the Karnak temple, an ancient complex in the southern ... spectacle that has endured for thousands of years of ...

Relief (left) and column remains (right)(Courtesy Essam Nagy/Egypt Exploration Society) Archaeologists working near the temple complex of Karnak in Luxor, Egypt, are making sense of an out-of-the ...