10/01/2022
-Luxor Temple
Luxor Temple A large complex of ancient Egyptian temples located on the east bank of the Nile in the city of Luxor today known as (Old Thebes). Founded in 1400 BC. Luxor Temple was built to worship Amun-Re and his wife Mut and their son Khonsu; They are the gods that are also called the Theban Trinity (The Thebes Trinity). Luxor Temple was built during the reign of the kings of the Eighteenth Dynasty and the Nineteenth Dynasty. The most important existing buildings in the temple are those built by the two kings Amenhotep III (1397-1360 BC) and Ramses II (1290-1223 BC) (who added to the temple the open courtyard, the edifice, and the two obelisks). King Tuthmosis III (1490-1436 BC) also set up booths for visitors to the Holy Trinity, and Tutankhamun (1348-1337 BC) completed the inscriptions on its walls. The triple cabin, which had been built before during the reign of Queen Hatshepsut and King Thutmose III (from the Eighteenth Dynasty), was destroyed; Then it was rebuilt during the reign of King Ramses II. The temple was also called "Ipet Rasit" (meaning the southern sanctuary or the place of Amun-Ra). It is one of the best preserved and most beautifully built Egyptian temples, and in which the layout of the Egyptian temple is evident.