This temple is revered as the earthly residence of the god Amun-Ra, alongside his consort Mut and son Khonsu, both of whom also have dedicated temples within the site.

The temple of Amun-Ra is particularly famous for the vast Hypostyle Hall constructed during the reign of King Seti I. Ptolemaic rulers and Copts altered parts of the complex for their own use ...

LUXOR, EGYPT—Ahram Online reports that cleaning of the 134 columns in the Great Hypostyle Hall at the Karnak Temple Complex is underway. Mostafa Waziri of the Supreme Council of Antiquities said ...

Massive papyrus columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt ... Massive papyrus columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall at the temple of Amon, Karnak, Egypt CC0 Usage ...

After Egypt’s 1952 revolution, President Gamal Abdel Nasser embraced plans for the Aswan High Dam, an earth-fill embankment 111 metres high and 3.5 kilometres long. Begun in 1960 with Soviet ...

95 percent of the columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall Karnak Temples have been completed, ... The temple of Amun-Ra is particularly famous for the vast Hypostyle Hall constructed during the reign of ...

Thousands of Egyptian visitors and tourists flocked to the Karnak Temple area in Luxor to witness the annual phenomenon of the sun aligning with the main axis of the temple, marking the official ...

Obelisks over Karnak Two of three obelisks at the Temple of Amun at Karnak Temple Complex tower behind the Great Hypostyle Hall. The obelisk of Thutmose I (r. circa 1504-1493 B.C.) is on the right ...

Team of restorers and archaeologists of the Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt completed the restoration work of the chapel of the god Amun-Ra. This is one of the seven chapels in the Temple of ...