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Luxor city, ancient Thebes, received this name because there was the emplacement of a military fortification during the Roman period.
Luxor temple was built south of the Karnak temple after Mut temple; these temples were united by a road that makes a straight zigzag in front of Mut temple whose door faces east-west direction rather than north-south as the Luxor temple.Once a year this people came in a procession from Karnak temple.
The statues of the triad gods of Karnak were brought to this temple in a barge once a year to reside for the short time that lasted the festival of Opet, this road eventually was decorated with hundredth of sphinxes shine.
>It is thought that Luxor was also dedicated to the Theban triad composed by the gods Amon- Mut – Khonsu but resent studies are inclining toward the idea that this temple was built to worship the Ka or spirit of the pharaohs that also were thought living gods descendant of the sub god Re or Ra and an incarnation of the god Heru or Horus.
The first pylon the trapezoidal structure in U form at the entrance of the temple is 24 meters (78.74 ft) high, as well the obelisks 25 meters (82.02 ft) high, two sitting statues at the entrance, also were there four statues of Ramses II standing and two more sitting that are missing, all were built by Ramses II, Ramses the Great Constructor also builder of Abu Simbel, the third pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty, the inscriptions in the walls of the pylon are scenes of the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites at that time the border of the Egyptian Empire.
The temple origins are probably very old but only a few inscriptions are found that belong to the twelfth dynasty and scientists are not sure if they are part of a temple build underneath or simple material of construction brought from previous destroyed temples.
At this temple stand out the corridor of 100 meter long made by a colonnade of 14 columns with papyrus capital made by Amenhotep III (about 1400 BC) ninth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty.
The principal pharaohs in the construction of this temple were Amenhotep III that started the Opet festivals and Ramses II.
The main constructions at this temple are dedicated to pharaohs of the eighteenth dynasty like Hatshepsut and Thotmes III and others from the nineteenth dynasties like Horemheb but there are also many additions from there on. Ramses III from the twentieth dynasty is known to have prolonged the Opet festival, the great event of Thebes for about 27 days.
Luxor temple was built south of the Karnak temple after Mut temple; these temples were united by a road that makes a straight zigzag in front of Mut temple whose door faces east-west direction rather than north-south as the Luxor temple.Once a year this people came in a procession from Karnak temple.
The statues of the triad gods of Karnak were brought to this temple in a barge once a year to reside for the short time that lasted the festival of Opet, this road eventually was decorated with hundredth of sphinxes shine.
>It is thought that Luxor was also dedicated to the Theban triad composed by the gods Amon- Mut – Khonsu but resent studies are inclining toward the idea that this temple was built to worship the Ka or spirit of the pharaohs that also were thought living gods descendant of the sub god Re or Ra and an incarnation of the god Heru or Horus.
The first pylon the trapezoidal structure in U form at the entrance of the temple is 24 meters (78.74 ft) high, as well the obelisks 25 meters (82.02 ft) high, two sitting statues at the entrance, also were there four statues of Ramses II standing and two more sitting that are missing, all were built by Ramses II, Ramses the Great Constructor also builder of Abu Simbel, the third pharaoh of the nineteenth dynasty, the inscriptions in the walls of the pylon are scenes of the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites at that time the border of the Egyptian Empire.
The temple origins are probably very old but only a few inscriptions are found that belong to the twelfth dynasty and scientists are not sure if they are part of a temple build underneath or simple material of construction brought from previous destroyed temples.
At this temple stand out the corridor of 100 meter long made by a colonnade of 14 columns with papyrus capital made by Amenhotep III (about 1400 BC) ninth pharaoh of the eighteenth dynasty.
The principal pharaohs in the construction of this temple were Amenhotep III that started the Opet festivals and Ramses II.
The main constructions at this temple are dedicated to pharaohs of the eighteenth dynasty like Hatshepsut and Thotmes III and others from the nineteenth dynasties like Horemheb but there are also many additions from there on. Ramses III from the twentieth dynasty is known to have prolonged the Opet festival, the great event of Thebes for about 27 days.
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