Luxor Temple - Gallery

Gallery

  • Luxor Temple, from the east bank of the Nile

  • Hundreds of sphinxes once lined the road to nearby Karnak

  • A well preserved sphinx

  • The massive First Pylon

  • The red granite obelisk

  • The central corridor of the temple

  • Islamic mosque over pharaonic temple

  • Sitting Ramesses II Colossus inside Luxor Temple

  • Closeup of the same Colossus

  • Amenhotep's colonnade from the peristyle court

  • The east side of the peristyle court of Amenhotep III

  • Roman mural in an inner chamber

  • Central corridor and four colossi by night

  • Closeup of illuminated red granite obelisk

  • Sitting Ramesses II Colossus inside Luxor Temple by night

  • Wall inscription

  • Northwestern part

  • The Abu el-Haggag mosque inside of the temple

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