luxor temple
Luxor temple The architecture of ancient Egypt, one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, among the largest and most famous of which are the Great Pyramid of Giza ,temples of Luxor and the Great Sphinx of Giza. Luxor (Thebes) is a city in Upper (southern) Egypt . Luxor has frequently been characterized as the "world's greatest open air museum", there are six great temples, the four on the left bank are known to travellers and readers of travels 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 mighty temple complexes of Luxor and Karnak were connected by a 3 kilometer processional way lined with sphinxes. These great monuments represent the combined efforts of generations of Egyptian builders and the ambitious dreams of their pharaohs. The Luxor temple was built on the East bank of the Nile River in the town of the Luxor during the New Kingdom, at least as early as about 3400 years ago. It was built with sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila area, which is located in south-western Egypt. This sandstone from the Gebel el-Silsila region is referred to as Nubian Sandstone. This sandstone was used for the construction for monuments in Upper Egypt as well as in the course of past and current restoration was works, In from the social and religious of temple ,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, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple (ipet-isut) to stay there for a while, with his consort Mut, in a celebration of fertility – whence its name. However, other studies at