You can see the Mosque built upon the temple structure (in the background).

Temple of Luxor

April 24, 2023 in Egypt ⋅ ☀️ 99 °F

This temple was so buried under sand, that a Mosque was built upon it, only to find out the temple's existence, a 1000 years later. There is 3,400-year-old road linking the ancient centres of Karnak and Luxor, also known as Road of the Rams or Avenue of the Sphinxes. It is lined with 600 hundred ram- and human-headed sphinxes (300 on each side) over a 1.7 km walkway.Read more