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 ...
To the south and west, where dozens of pillars crowd one another for space, you can understand why Gustave Flaubert, on his visit to Karnak in the 19th century, called the temple "a palace of giants." ...
Detail from the Temple of Ramses III. You start facing north toward the Great Court, with the statue of Ramses II in view through the door. On the inside face of the pylon ahead of you are scenes ...
Thousands of Egyptian visitors and tourists flocked to the Karnak Temple area in Luxor to witness ... illuminating the main statue of the god Amun Ra, symbolizing the connection between the ...