Karnak Temple Floor Plan
These are shorte than the osiride pillars no doubt due to the fact that the floor level of egyptian temples tended to rise the deeper into it one went.
Karnak temple floor plan. Hypostyle floor plan karnak. Le grand château d amon de sésostris ier à karnak. The center of the temple of amun ra at karnak extends from 4. Every pharaoh worth their salt added and amended the buildings here during their reign stamping their seal on the kingdom s most revered religious sanctuary.
Pylon eastwards to the festival hall akh menu of thutmosis iii in the floor plan above the akh menu follows directly in the east i e. Mar 23 2017 a plan of the temple of amun and other temples at karnak thebes. Quays and processional ways link the three precincts to the nile. The karnak temple complex commonly known as karnak ˈ k ɑːr.
Plan temple d aton karnak jpg 345 403. A plan of the temple of amun and other temples at karnak thebes. The mortuary temples of the pharaohs and the valleys of the kings and queens are on the nile s west bank across from thebes. Floor plans of karnak precinct of amun ra 1 c 11 f media in category floor plans of karnak temple complex the following 15 files are in this category out of 15 total.
Here is a floor plan of the hypostyle at karnak which has an amazing and world record one hundred and thirty four truly massive pillars that once held up the roof that is long gone. Entering the hypostyle at karnak is unlike any experience you will ever encounter in a visit to an ancient archaeological site. Above the central district. Big bold and hugely ambitious luxor s mammoth temple of karnak complex is one of ancient egypt s grandest building projects.
Karnak is located in the city of thebes and is over a mile from the city s center and the temple of luxor. The temple at karnak was known as ipet esut. N æ k from arabic khurnak meaning fortified village comprises a vast mix of decayed temples chapels pylons and other buildings near luxor in egypt construction at the complex began during the reign of senusret i in the middle kingdom around 2000 1700 bc and continued into the ptolemaic period 305 30 bc.