Karnak
Travel Guide to Karnak
The
Travel Guide to Karnak highlights the most important places to visit in this area of Egypt and its significance to the history of Egypt together with Ancient Egyptian facts and information about Karnak. The Temple of Karnak is located on the East Bank of Luxor.
Luxor Egypt
Places to Visit and tour in Karnak
The
most famous place to visit in Karnak is as follows:
The Temple of Karnak
Karnak houses the largest temple complex ever built and the Temple of Karnak was the center of worship of the Ancient Egyptian god Amun. The complex consists of three main temples together with several smaller enclosed and outer temples. The
complex of temples consists of temples, pylons, obelisks, shrines, statues, avenue of sphinxes and sacred lakes. The Karnak temples and monuments were built to celebrate the following gods and the living gods who were the Pharaohs:
Location of Karnak
Our Egypt travel guide differentiates between the sites of Upper and Lower Egypt. Ancient Egypt
originally consisted of two parts which were called Upper and Lower Egypt.
Karnak is located in Upper Egypt.
Upper Egypt was the valley area in the South and Lower Egypt was the delta area in the North. Upper and Lower Egypt each had their own governments and rulers. These two parts Egypt were eventually united in 3118BC. Plan your Tour of Egypt around the most important and ancient sites of Upper Egypt, including Karnak, using our travel guide.
Karnak
Each section of this Egyptian website addresses all topics and provides interesting facts and information about the Golden Age of Egypt. The Sitemap provides full details of all of the information and facts provided about the fascinating subject of Egypt, the Ancient Egyptians and of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, King Tut.
|
