Karnak temple

Karnak temple is rightly considered one of the popular temple complexes and favorite tourist attractions to visit. This complex combines several buildings, in appearance resembles an ancient city. It stretched for 1.5 kilometers. The temple consists of three parts, one of which is associated with Amun, the second with his wife Mut and the third with their son Honus, who was considered the moon god. Over time, it was forgotten, the temple was covered with sand. Only at the end of the 19th century during excavations, archaeologists found its remains. Work is still ongoing.

The beginning of the construction of the temple falls on the 20th century BC. Each pharaoh added something to its architecture, extended the construction for 13 centuries. There are 33 temples and halls. At the entrance to the temple stretched alley sphinxes with the heads of a ram. This is what the God of Amun took on. Here are the Temple of Ramses, the Chapel of Seti II, three sanctuaries, a columned hall, 134 columns, the obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut, the halls of the sun, the Botanical Garden, the pond of ablution, a monument to the scarab beetle that brings good luck.

You can get there by bus from Cairo, Hurghada, Dahab, Sharm el-Sheikh, by train from Cairo, by sea on a cruise ship, by plane, or take a tourist excursion.