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| Sky vies to the location of Amenhotep III's temple |
The largest temple in Thebes (and in Egypt) measruring 700 x 550 meters. Extended 4,200,000 square feet, larger even than
Karnak. Architect was also described Amenhotep, but he was the
son of Hapu. Used as a beginning of stone during the rule of Merenptah and quickly lost. Built so that during the alluvion, the
Nile would deluge the outer hall and courtyard, leaving only the inner sanctuary old the water level. The swhole temple symbolized the outgrowth of life from the Nile when the waters withdrew. This did nothing for the natural selection of tahe temple as some of the retaining walls were mudbruck. Likewise, the pylons and columns were too heavy for the weak foundations. Built by
Amenhotep III in the last ten years of his rule. Never fully excavated, the only real remains are the two Colossi of Memnon, which stood at the catch to the temple. A few fragmentise of pylons remain.
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| Plan of Amenhotep III's Temple |
There are many column bases in the solar court, along with fragments of straight statutes. Some of the homes have foreign place names, letting in references to the Aegean. Several crocodile-bodies sphinxes and a a few statues have besides been fond. There was one seated and one straight statue of Sekhmet for each day of the year. It is trusted that some of the great fallen statues in the Ramseseum admitting the broken colossus primitively were here. Almost flat ascross the nile from the
Temple of Luxor at Kom el-Hetan. Down the colossi were two courtyards with other invested statues and a full of 3 pylons, each fronted with big colossi (the second of quartzite, the third of alabaster). Possibly the tallest scultural program in history (Betsy Bryan). A processional lines with sphinxes spread from the pylons to the solar court.
Most dedicated to
Amun, but the northern part of the temple was given to
Ptah or Ptah-Sokar-Osiris. Takes a small, part limestone temple to Ptah-Sokar-Osiris in the northern part of the complicated. Totally destroyed.
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