Karnak Temple Pictures, Karnak photos, Karnak pictures, Egypt pictures

Karnak Temple is located in Luxor, Egypt on the East Bank of the Nile River. It's one of the largest temple complexes ever constructed in the world. Probably the most famous section is the Great Hypostyle Hall containing 134 massive columns. These columns are too wide to put your arms around and cause neck strains while gazing at the tops. Karnak Temple was built around 1,500 BCE - about 1,000 years after the pyramids. The tombs in the Valley of the Kings across the Nile River were built about the same time as the temple. Click pictures for a larger version, then pictures will automatically advance every 9 seconds.

Karnak Temple wide view	Sacred Lake reflects Karnak Temple	Sacred Lake looking west across Nile to Gurna Hills	Sacred Lake reflects Karnak Temple

Sacred Lake with palm and obelisk	Column top detail	Columns at Hypostyle Hall	Column detail of colors

Column top	Windows of blue sky filter through column tops	Columns at Hypostyle Hall with worker	Sunrise filters through narrow column openings

Columns and obelisk	Colorful column top	Stone screens blue sky in Hypostyle Hall	Karnak wall engravings

Karnak wall engravings	Karnak wall engravings	Karnak wall engravings	Karnak wall engravings

Karnak wall engravings	Sphinxes with ram heads - inside Karnak Temple	Avenue of the Sphinxes with ram heads, once ran 3km to Luxor Temple	Karnak Temple painted ceiling

Karnak Temple painted ceiling	Karnak Temple painted ceiling	Remaining colors of Karnak Temple	Remaining colors of Karnak Temple

Remaining colors of Karnak Temple	Remaining colors of Karnak Temple	Remaining colors of Karnak Temple	Crane helps with rebuilding of part of Karnak Temple

Gate to Karnak Temple	Mud brick wall remains within grounds of Karnak Temple, locals still use this method today	Karnak Temple obelisk	Karnak Temple obelisk and palm

Pharaoh statues	Pharaoh statue and main gate of Karnak Temple	Worker restores stone using hammer and chisel	Worker restores stone using hammer and chisel


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