KARNAK TEMPLES
- Although many temples and other monumental constructions all over Egypt are more complete and preserved, no other site in Egypt is more impressive than Karnak.
- It is the largest temple complex ever built by man!!!!! And represents the combined achievement of many generations of ancient builders.
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This enormous complex was built and enlarged over a thirteen hundred year period. - The Temple of Karnak is essentially three main temples, smaller enclosed temples, and several outer temples located on 247 acres of land!!!!!
- The three main temples of Mut, Montu and Amun are enclosed by enormous brick walls.
- The whole complex contained ten pylons, and right after the eight pylon is the very famous Karnak cachet, where from many treme ndous collection of monuments came.
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The Open Air Museum is located to the north of the first courtyard, across from the Sacred Lake. - The museum contains a collection of statuary that was found throughout the temple complex.
- The Hypostyle Hall is found after passing through the Second Pylon. The hall is considered to be one of the world's greatest architectural masterpieces.
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Leaving the hypostyle hall through the third pylon you come to a narrow court where there once stood several obelisks. - From all of those the only remaining Obelisk there; is the one of Queens. It is 97 feet high and weighs roughly 320 tons!!!!!
- Two of the obelisks that used to be at that hall; are surmounting two of the largest squares of the world at Rome and Paris.
- Karnak takes at least a half of a day just to walk around its many precincts and years to come to know it well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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