Luxor - Luxor Temple

Unlike Karnak, which was built over a long period of time, the temple of Luxor is largely the work of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh Amenophis III. With him began the fashion of gigantism. It was Ramses II, however, who later built the entrance pylons and the great court beyond. In front of the pylons he placed six collosal statue of himself, only three of which remain. Of the two obelisks he erected here, one was given to the french by Mohammed Ali. Numerous colossi of Ramses stand around the great court, his wife Nefertari knee-high at his side. Returning back through the temple and emerging again at the pylons, you notice the avenue of sphinxes that once led all the way to Karnak.

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