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	Karnak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The very term Karnak is nearly universally understood as the temple complex and not the village.
		In addition there are also a few smaller temples and sanctuaries located outside the enclosing walls of the four main parts, as well as several avenues of ram-headed sphinxes connecting the Precinct of Mut, the Precinct of Amon-Re and Luxor Temple.
		The key difference between Karnak and most of the other temples and sites in Egypt is the length of time over which it was developed and used.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karnak (345 words)

	Temple Complex at Karnak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main temples were continually extended and embellished by the rulers of Egypt from at least the Middle Kingdom (2055 - 1650 BCE) until the Roman period (30 BCE - CE 395), but most of the surviving remains date to the New Kingdom (1550 - 1069 BCE).
		The principal temple at Karnak is dedicated to Amun-Re, the pre-eminent god of the New Kingdom.
		The main pylon of the Principle Temple at Karnak was built during the 30th-Dynasty of the late kingdom.
	www.grisel.net /karnak.htm (609 words)

	The Temple Complex of Karnak in Thebes (Modern Luxor), Egypt
		The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located about three kilometers north of Luxor, Egypt situated on 100 ha (247 acres) of land.
		The main complex, The Temple of Amun, is situated in the center of the entire complex.
		The Temple of Monthu is to the north of the Temple of Amun, and next to it, on the inside of the enclosure wall is the Temple of Ptah, while the Temple of Mut is to the south.
	touregypt.net /karnak.htm (1728 words)

	Karnak Temple (BiblePlaces.com)
		The Karnak temple was the dwelling place of Amon-Re, his wife Mut and their son Khonsu, the moon god.
		Construction continued on this temple for more than two millennia under the belief that once building ceased, the temple "died." The temple was a closed compound, open only to the priests and the pharaoh.
		Temple of Karnak (Mark Millmore's Ancient Egypt) Extensive virtual tour of the temple with photos and an interactive map.
	www.bibleplaces.com /karnak.htm (648 words)

	The Temple of Karnak
		The temples of Luxor and Karnak are separated by about three kilometers with the sacred lake between them.
		The Temple of Karnak is as splendid at that of Luxor, perhaps even more so, and offers visitors some rare glimpses into the ancient past of Egypt.
		This temple, dedicated to the god Amon, and is believed to be the oldest of the four temples at Thebes.
	www.anniebees.com /Egypt/Karnak-1.htm (432 words)

	Karnak
		The Temple of Karnak is actually three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples.
		The three main temples of Mut, Monthu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls.
		The Temple of Monthu is to the north of the Temple of Amun, while the Temple of Mut is to the south.
	interoz.com /egypt/karnak.htm (1222 words)

	The Khonsu Temple at Karnak
		The Temple of Khonsu at Karnak is located in the southwest corner of the precinct of Amun in Luxor (ancient Thebes).
		The temple dedicated to the moon god Khonsu at Karnak consists of a peristyle court which is bordered by a portico of twenty-eight monostyle columns divided into four groups.
		Fronting the temple of Khonsu's pylon are the bare remnants of a colonnade of a type similar to that which proceeds the "upper gate" of the great Temple of Amun.
	touregypt.net /featurestories/khonsutemple.htm (2277 words)

	A Sacred Space Odyssey: the Temple of Karnak - Karnak (Luxor), Egypt - Luxor Travel Stories :: BootsnAll Travel Network
		Karnak is the largest religious complex built by human hands in the world and, over the centuries, every king worth his salt expanded, rededicated, refurbished, redecorated and even desecrated it.
		The tour coaches are long gone, the temple attendants nap in their kiosks, and deep in the shadows of an ancillary temple, the temple pariah dogs can't be bothered to raise a grizzled eyebrow as you pass.
		During its off-hours, the temple resonates with the cadences of bat wings, nightjars, kites, and owls.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/05-03/a-sacred-space-odyssey-the-temple-of-karnak-karnak-luxor-egypt.html (2375 words)

	Photos of Karnak Temple Photos - Pictures of Karnak temple Pictures - Luxor - Egypt
		The temple of Karnak was known as Ipet-isut (Most select of places) by the ancient Egyptians.
		The largest place of worship ever made and a place of pilgrimage for nearly 4,000 years, this temple covers about 200 acres 1.5km by 0.8km The area of the sacred enclosure of Amon alone is 61 acres and would hold ten average European cathedrals.
		Karnak is the home of the god Amon who was an insignificant local god until the 12th dynasty when Thebes became the capital of Egypt.
	www.ehabweb.net /karnak_temple.html (320 words)

	Karnak Temple (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Standing in the shadow of the First Pylon of the Temple of Amun at Karnak (in Luxor, Egypt), one is struck by the length of its east-west axis and the colossal size of its columns.
		The Great Hypostyle Hall of Karnak Temple was begun during the reign of King Sety I (c.1290-1279 B.C.) and was completed by his son, Ramesses II (c.1279-1213 B.C.).
		Beyond the Third Pylon and in the Central Court of Karnak Temple is the Obelisk of Thutmose I (c.1493-1479 B.C.).
	academic.memphis.edu /egypt/karnaktm.htm (623 words)

	Egypt: Karnak, A Feature Tour Egypt Story
		The temples were dismantled in the post-Amarna period and the stone blocks reused in later structures, especially the pylons built by Horemheb.
		The temple of Mut was built by Amenhotep III, but here too the propylon in the enclosure wall is Ptolemaic, Ptolemy II Philadelphus and III Euergetes I, and there are later additions to the temple by Taharqa and Nectanebo I among others.
		Near the northwest corner of the temple’s sacred lake is a colossal statue of the sacred scarab beetle on a tall plinth, dating to Amenhotep III.
	www.touregypt.net /featurestories/karnak.htm (3104 words)

	Karnak -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This article is about the village and pharaonic temple complex in Egypt.
		For other uses, see (additional info and facts about Karnak (disambiguation)) Karnak (disambiguation).
		Approximately 30 (The title of the ancient Egyptian kings) pharaohs contributed to the buildings, enabling it to reach a size, complexity and diversity not seen elsewhere.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/k/ka/karnak.htm (225 words)

	Karnak, Luxor: Temple of Mentu
		The Temple of Mentu is seriously closed to visitors, but with a promise of not entering you will possibly be allowed to take it in from the top of the mound diving it from the Precinct of Amon.
		The Temple of Mentu was not a lone temple, and within what seems like one structure there were also small temples dedicated to Amon, Harpre and Osiris.
		The Temple of Mentu was built by the command of Amenophis 3 of the 18th Dynasty (15th century BCE) and some of his cartouches have survived.
	i-cias.com /egypt/luxor_karnak_e04.htm (107 words)

	Karnak - helpful tips & insights by a travel authority
		The Temple of Karnak in Luxor was the spiritual center of the Egyptians.
		It took millennia to build and enhance the massive Karnak Temple, though most of the work was done by the pharaohs of the New Kingdom (1570-1100 BC).
		The most imposing element of the Temple of Karnak is the 3,000-plus-year-old Great Hypostyle Hall inside the Temple of Amon-Ra.
	www.hillmanwonders.com /karnak/karnak.htm (206 words)

	Plan of the Temple complex at Karnak, Luxor
		The temple complex of Karnak was originally named Iput-Isut (the most esteemed of Places) consists of three main enclosed temple areas and covers an area of about one square kilometre.
		North of the central enclosure is the 150x150 meters northern enclosure with the temple to the war god Montu, built during the reign of Amenhotep III (18th dynasty).
		Two other small temples are found in the enclosure and remains of some outside it.
	www.egyptmyway.com /maps/karnak_temple_complex.html (330 words)

	Hopkins in Egypt Today Information
		Mut had her own temple in the southern precinct of Karnak, and the main temple was linked to it by two different paved alleys flanked by rows of ram headed sphinxes.
		A sacred lake surrounds the Mut temple on three sides, and the site's other two temples, the temple of Ramses III (to the left of the lake) and the temple of Hatshepsut (above and to the right of the temple of Mut) are clearly visible.
		Mut's temple at Karnak was first constructed in the Early New Kingdom and was probably rebuilt by Amenhotep III between 1400 and 1360 B.C.E. The temple complex at Karnak was added to, dismantled, restored and enlarged over the centuries by Tutankhamun, Ramses II and III, Nectanebo, Alexander the Great and various Romans.
	www.jhu.edu /~neareast/egypttoday2.html (844 words)

	History of Egyptian Architecture : Karnak No.1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The temple of Karnak which is located 4km north from Luxor is the largest and the most complicated architecture in Egypt.
		The complex of Karnak as a center of the cult of Amon has two axises which define the composition of the world of Karnak.
		The axsis of the east to the west correspond with the orbit of the sun and means the sun in the heaven or real terra.
	web.kyoto-inet.or.jp /org/orion/eng/hst/egypt/karnak.html (220 words)

	The Temple Of Karnak
		Taking into account the distance (which is just two miles from Temple to Temple) and the short intervals at which the sphinxes are placed, there cannot originally have been fewer than five hundred of them; that is to say, two hundred and fifty on each side of the road.
		Leaving the small Temple, we turned towards the river, skirted the mud-walls of the native village, and approached the Great Temple by way of its main.entrance.
		But every breath that wanders down the painted aisles of Karnak seems to echo back the sighs of those who perished in the quarry, at the oar, and under the chariot-wheels of the conqueror.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles04/article1546.shtml (1460 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Heritage \| More secrets from Karnak
		The exploration was part of a comprehensive research programme being carried out since 2002 in the central zone of Karnak and aiming to clarify understanding of the various phases of construction of the sanctuary from the Middle Kingdom to the reign of Amenhotep III (1410-1372).
		The inspection team also visited the temple's open- air museum where a number of royal chapels are on display after being dismantled, restored and re- erected.
		Some 1,400 blocks of his temple found within the structure of the Third Pylon, the Cachette Court and the north corner of the temple precinct are now being restored pending reconstruction in the open-air museum.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2005/747/he1.htm (1605 words)

	Karnak Temple
		The interior of the temple is devoted to religious themes (the god Amun is the figure in the photograph, above right, with the tall plumed headdress).
		However central and important Amun certainly was, the Karnak complex also contained temples dedicated to Amun's consort, Mut, and their son, Khons -- the "Theban Triad." (Each of the major Egyptian cult temples was devoted to a triad of gods, usually a father, mother, and son.
		Another avenue of sphinxes led from Karnak to Luxor through which the barque of Amun was carried to Luxor for the Opet Festival.
	www.abrock.com /ancientEgypt/Egyptweb1/karnak.html (1020 words)

	Luxor and Karnak photos
		Karnak Temple is more of a "complex" than it is a single temple and is comprised of several different temples including the Temples of Amun, Mut, and Montha.
		The oldest portions of Karnak Temple date back to the reign of Sesostris I in 1971BC and many of the structures are huge and still well intact.
		As part of the building philosophy, each pharaoh added on to the existing temples as a way of legitimizing his/her reign (there was one female pharaoh who built structures.) I enjoyed the Kiosk of Taharqo and the Hypostyle Hall the most, but also marveled at the Obelisks erected by Thutmose I and Hatshepsut.
	www.highrock.com /travel/Egypt2001/Luxor2.htm (1215 words)

	Karnak Temple
		The largest of these areas is the temple dedicated to Amon and is the masterpiece of the ancient city of Thebes.
		There are many theories covering the main function of the temple and some of the inscriptions, which are unusually immodest, have lead to speculation of fertility rituals.
		The greatest part of the temple is the magnificent Hypostyle Hall consisting of 134 massive columns 23 metres high creating an impression of enormous 'power' and strength.
	homepages.tcp.co.uk /~nicholson/egypt/luxor.html (363 words)

	Discover the nile information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Built by the Ptolemaic Pharaohs, this temple had to be dismantled and painstakingly reassembled on the Eglika Island in the '60s when the Aswan Dam was constructed.
		Known for its unusual double temple, one half of which is dedicated to the falcon-headed god, Haruris and the other half to the crocodile god, Sobek.
		The construction of Karnak Temple began in the Middle Kingdom and was completed during the New Kingdom, some 1,600 years later.
	www.roadtoegypt.com /discover_the_nile_info.htm (1052 words)

	Temple of Amon - Karnak, Egypt - Great Buildings Online
		Hypostyles—the Greek root means 'resting on columns'—were man-made stone forests separating the temple's open court, where festivals and ceremonies took place, from the sanctuary, to which only kings and priests were admitted.
		(Egyptian temples did not provide for congregational worship.) The processional path through the hypostyle was a preparatory passage from this world to the next.
		This stone bastion of 134 columns delimits one side of the temple's Great Court and measures 338 feet wide by 170 feet deep.
	www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/Temple_of_Amon.html (346 words)

	Karnak, Luxor: Temple of Khonsu
		His temple, south of the Temple of Amun, is in good condition.
		It is however not considered to be of the best artistic quality, but the upside is that you are quite likely to have the entire temple to yourself.
		The temple was built by the pharaohs Ramses 3 and 4.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/luxor17.htm (105 words)

	Karnak, Luxor: Temple of Ptah
		Delightfully overlooked, the Temple of Ptah is in excellent condition with some of the finest carvings at all of Karnak.
		The core of the temple was created by the command of Pharaoh Tuthmosis 3 of the 18th Dynasty (15th century BCE), but it would see several addition over the following 1500 years.
		Two statues are in place in the most sacred sections of the temple, one headless of Ptah himself and another of Sekhmet.
	lexicorient.com /egypt/luxor_karnak_e05.htm (142 words)

	NOVA Online \| Mysteries of the Nile \| Karnak Temple: Great Court
		During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt.
		The farther back one walks in the Temple of Amun-Re, the older the structures become, so this initial Great Court is one of the more recent constructions.
		To the east are the ruins of the Second Pylon, begun by Horemheb and finished by Ramses II, and to the south lies the entrance to the Temple of Ramses III.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/egypt/explore/karnakgreat.html (252 words)

	Temple of Karnak (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		he temples of Karnak and Luxor were in ancient times part of the upper Egyptian city Thebes, which was over a long time the capital and the cultural center of the Pharaoh's empire and is known as the city of the hundred gateways.
		With an area of about 100 h, Karnak is the largest and probably also the most impresive temple complex in the world.
		olumns and walls of the temple are covered with paintings and reliefs, which describe in pictures and hieroglyphs the life and the heroic deeds of the pharohs, as well as the Egyptian mythology.
	www.sights-and-culture.com /Egypt/Karnak.html (158 words)

	Luxor, Karnak Temple, Ramses III temple's courtyard - VIRTOURIST.COM LUXOR
		Luxor, Karnak Temple, Ramses III temple's courtyard - VIRTOURIST.COM LUXOR
		Ramses III reigned from 1187 to 1156, and he built a small temple to Amon outside the Ramesside Pylon.
		Between these two temples lies the temple of Karnak, the largest temple complex in Egypt.
	www.virtourist.com /africa/luxor/15.htm (149 words)

	Karnak on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Although there was an older foundation, the temple was largely conceived and accomplished in the XVIII dynasty, and it is often considered the finest example of New Empire religious architecture.
		The western half comprises a vast court and the great hypostyle hall (388 ft by 170 ft/118 m by 52 m), with 134 columns arranged in 16 rows.
		There are smaller temples at Karnak dedicated to Mut and to Khensu, wife and son respectively of Amon.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/k/karnak.asp (376 words)

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