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Luxor is undoubtedly the world's greatest open - air museum. It contains
nearly one third of the world's antiquities, there being hardly a place
in Luxor which has not been influenced by the ancient
Egyptians and their incredible civilisation which dates back seven thousand
years.
Luxor today is a city of some 150,000 people and is governed by special
statutes which allow more autonomy than other political areas of Egypt.
One thing you might notice is that various government and other buildings
confirm to an 'ancient' building code. Particularly, the National bank of
Egypt (located near the winter palace), the spa south of the police station,
and the railway station are all designed to appear as pharaonic constructs.
All of this occurred after the Egyptianization of the modern town resulting
mostly from the mania that resulted from Howard
Carter's discovery of the Tomb
of Tutankhamun. As one might think, the city has all the amenities tourists
might expect, including a variety of hotels, bars, nightclubs and restaurants
During the new kingdom (1567-1085) the capital of Egypt was Wesset which
means "mace" to express the extreme authority of this city, then
the name was changed to "Thebes"
and Homer described it as " City of the Hundred Gates".The Arabs
called it "Luxor" meaning " The city of Palaces" because
they were impressed by its magnificent edifices and huge buildings.
It still attracts hordes of visitors from all over the world to enjoy the
monuments of the eternal city and its temples with their towering pillars
On the east bank of the Nile, in the city of the living, Luxor and Karnak
temples greet the sunrise. The sunset on the west bank throws shadows through
the City of the Dead: the Tombs of the nobles, the valley of the kings,
Queen Hatshepsut's temple.
Luxor Temple
is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the
River Nile in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes).
Known in the Egyptian language as ipet resyt, or "the southern harem",
the temple was dedicated to the Theban Triad of Amun, Mut, and Chons and
was, during the New Kingdom, the focus of the annual Opet Festival, in which
a cult statue of Amun was paraded down the Nile from nearby Karnak Temple
(ipet-isut) to stay there for a while, with his consort Mut, in a celebration
of fertility – whence its name.
Construction work on the temple began during the reign of Amenhotep III
in the 14th century BC. Horemheb and Tutankhamun added columns, statues,
and friezes – and Akhenaten had earlier obliterated his father's cartouches
and installed a shrine to the Aten – but the only major expansion
effort took place under Ramesses II some 100 years after the first stones
were put in place. Luxor is thus unique among the main Egyptian temple complexes
in having only two pharaohs leave their mark on its architectural structure.
The temple fell into disrepair during the Late Period and Alexander the
Great claims to have undertaken major reconstruction work "to restore
it to the glory of Amenhotep's times" in the 320s BC. During Rome's
domination of Egypt it was converted into a centre for the imperial cult.
By the time of the Arab conquest, the temple was largely buried underneath
accumulated river silt, to the extent that the Mosque of Abu Haggag was
built on top of it in the 13th century (much reworked since, but one of
the minarets dates back to the original construction).
Access to the temple was – and still is, for the thousands of tourists
who flock there every day – from the north, where a causeway lined
by sphinxes that once led all the way to Karnak begins; this road was a
later addition, dating from the time of Nectanebo I in the 30th Dynasty.
The temple proper begins with the 24-metre high First Pylon, built by Ramesses
II. The pylon was decorated with scenes of Ramesses's military triumphs
(particularly the Battle of Qadesh); later pharaohs, particularly those
of the Nubian and Ethiopian dynasties, also recorded their victories there.
This main entrance to the temple complex was originally flanked by six colossal
statues of Ramesses – four seated, and two standing – but only
two (both seated) have survived. Modern visitors can also see a 25-metre
tall pink granite obelisk: this one of a matching pair until 1835, when
the other one was taken to Paris where it now stands in the centre of the
Place de la Concorde.
Through the pylon gateway leads into a peristyle courtyard, also built by
Ramesses II. This area, and the pylon, were built at an oblique angle to
the rest of the temple, presumably to accommodate the three pre-existing
barque shrines located in the northwest corner. It is atop the columns of
this courtyard that the Abu Haggag mosque was built: on the eastern side,
a doorway leads surrealistically out into thin air some 8 metres above the
ground.
After the peristyle courtyard comes the processional colonnade built by
Amenhotep III – a 100-metre corridor lined by 14 papyrus-capital columns.
Friezes on the wall describe the stages in the Opet Festival, from sacrifices
at Karnak at the top left, through Ammon's arrival at Luxor at the end of
that wall, and concluding with his return on the opposite side. The decorations
were put in place by Tutankhamun: the boy pharaoh is depicted, but his names
have been replaced with those of Horemheb.
Beyond the colonnade is a peristyle courtyard, which also dates back to
Amenhotep's original construction. The best preserved columns are on the
eastern side, where some traces of original colour can be seen. The southern
side of this courtyard is made up of a 32-column hypostyle court that leads
into the inner sanctums of the temple.
These begin with a dark antechamber. Of particular interest here are the
Roman stuccoes than can still be seen atop the Egyptian carvings below;
in Roman times this area served as a chapel, where local Christians were
offered a final opportunity to renounce their faith and embrace the state
religion. Moving further in stands a Barque Shrine for use by Amun, built
by Alexander, with the final area being the private quarters of the gods
and the Birth Shrine of Amenhotep III (his divine origin is depicted in
precise, almost touching detail on the walls).
A cache of 26 New Kingdom statues was found under the floor in the inner
sanctum area in 1989 – hidden away by pious priests, presumably, at
some moment of internal upheaval or invasion. These splendid pieces are
now on display at the nearby Luxor Museum.
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