Temple of Karnak

Temples of Karnak and Luxor

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October 29th 2007
You should read the next entry then come back to this one. One of my favorites of the whole trip, the Temple of Karnak is definitely one of the most impressive sites in Egypt, I think more impressive even than Abu Simbel. Karnak sits on 247 acres so you can imagine its size and it was built over a period of 1500 years. You enter through an avenue of ram’s head sphinxes, then into the central ... read more

Africa » Egypt » Upper Egypt » Luxor

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The regularity and richness of the annual Nile River flood, coupled with semi-isolation provided by deserts to the east and west, allowed for the development of one of the world's great civilizations. A unified kingdom arose circa 3200 B.C. and a ser... ... read more