To start this slideshow click on this picture – once it starts you can advance each slide by clicking on it or wait and it will advance automatically after 6 seconds To exit this slideshow use the Back Arrow on your Browser to return to our Egypt Webpage RPS.LAM Luxor’s Temples Photographs by RPS On the West Bank of the Nile at Luxor, hidden amongst the mysterious pink limestone mountains, are the Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Tombs of the Nobles, the necropolis of Thebes. The pharaohs of the 18 th dynasty also built their mortuary temples on the West Bank. These are just a few of the photographs we took on our many visits. Luxor is 420 miles south of Cairo. As Thebes, it was the capital of Upper Egypt and, under the New Kingdom, ( BC), capital of the whole Egyptian Empire. Two vast temple complexes, Luxor Temple and The Temple of Karnak, were established in honour of the Theban Triad of Gods, Amun-re, his consort Mut and his son Khonsu. The original founders built sanctuaries on spots that had probably been venerated for centuries, and successive pharaohs added progressively more grandiose courtyards and gateways

Luxor Temple

The Avenue of Sphinxes which used to join Luxor Temple to the Temple of Karnak

The Mortuary Temples of the West Bank.

“The Colossi of Memnon” – All that remains of mortuary temple of Amenhotep 111

The mortuary temple of Seti 1

“Medinet Habu” – The mortuary temple of Ramses 111

The Temple of Hatshepsut

“The Ramesseum” – The mortuary temple of Ramses 11

“Ozymandias King of Kings” – The colossal but broken statue of Ramses 11

The Temples of Karnak

The First Pylon

The huge columns of The Hypostyle Hall

The vast site spreads over 60 acres containing 10 pylons and 20 smaller temples and shrines

Hatshepsut’s Obelisk

The Sacred Lake

The Sanctuary - Karnak

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