File:Colonnade, Luxor Temple, Luxor, LG, EGY (48009633896).jpg
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| Description | This is Luxor Temple, located in the middle of the city of Luxor, formerly the city of Waset (Thebes), capital of the Ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom and New Kingdom. Constructed around 1400BC, the large structure was built during the reigns of Amenhotep III, Tutankhamun, Ramses II, and Alexander the Great. The structure was originally dedicated to the rejuvenation of kingship, and was used mainly for ceremonial purposes during the coronation of Egypt’s rulers. The coronation ceremony often started at the nearby Karnak Temple Complex, traveling to Luxor Temple via the Avenue of the Sphinxes, before boarding a boat on the Nile River and heading back to Karnak. The structure served as a major important ceremonial center until the Roman era, when the structure was converted into a fortress for the Roman Imperial Legion and government for the area. During this time, a Chapel was built in what was originally one of the temple’s courtyards, originally dedicated to the Goddess Mut, which later became a Tetrarchy Cult Chapel and then a Coptic Orthodox Church. However, following the fall of the Roman Empire, the structure fell into ruin and was buried in sediment deposited annually by the adjacent Nile River, which eventually filled the structure up to about 50 feet (15 meters) in height. The structure was built over during the medieval era with the center of the Islamic settlement of Luxor being built on top of the ruins, incorporating pieces of the temple into their construction. In addition to this, the historically important Abu Haggag Mosque was built atop part of the ruins, the first mosque built in Luxor, which was constructed in the 1200s AD in honor of Sheik Youssef Abu Haggag. The structure was excavated starting in the 1880s under Professor Gaston Maspero, and continued until 1960. During the 19th Century, one of the two obelisks in front of the temple’s pylon was gifted by the Egyptian Government to France, and is now located on the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The entire complex has since been excavated in its entirety and stabilized, with the exception of the section beneath the mosque. |
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| Source | Colonnade, Luxor Temple, Luxor, LG, EGY |
| Author | Warren LeMay from Chicago, IL, United States |
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