Karnak temple

After a couple of hours to recharge, we moved to the Karnak temple in the afternoon. This site is a huge temple, expanded by various pharaons and Roman emperors through ages. The entrance is guarded by sphinxes with Aries head, followed by the amazing room of columns with huge intact columns built by Ramses II. There are also many specular carvings. This temple is connected to the near Luxor temple by a 3 km alley with sphinxes on both sides. During the rituals the sacred boats were moved from the Karnak temple to the Luxor one for 2 weeks to celebrate the Sun god.Leggi altro