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Temple of Luxor |
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Luxor is home to some of the best architectural wonders from the times of the Egyptian empire, and one of the most significant symbols of Luxor as well as Egypt is the glorious and magnificent Temple of Luxor located on the eastern banks of the river Nile, and belongs to the ancient city of Thebes. The very sight of the place fills one with a sense of bewilderment, and the thought that thousands of years back the greatest of rulers attached unimaginable importance to the place and thousands of people gathered to partake in one of largest festivals of the times of Antiquity, evokes in the onlooker, a sense of pride to be a part of humanity’s unfathomable strength.
Temple of Luxor, although opened to modern public in 1975, has been one of the major tourist attractions over centuries. It was the place where the festival of Opet was celebrated, dedicated to the divine deities of Antiquity – Amun, Mun and Chons built by Amenhotep III and Ramesses II. Today as you arrive at the entrance of the Temple of Luxor, you will be warmly welcomed by two remaining gigantic sized sitting statues and two standing statues of Ramesses II. This place was the primary strength of the rule of the Pharaohs as it was here that they were given the stature of divinity by the priest, to be worshiped, accepted and cheered upon by the thousands of common and military people gathered.
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The entire structure of the Temple of Luxor comprises broadly of four different sections namely – The Pylons, the court of Ramesses II, the mosque of Abu’l Haggag and the Court of Amenhotep II. You reach the main entrance after traveling on the path flanked by numerous sphinxes on both the sides. The first part of the building you come across is the very high Pylon carved upon with scenes depicting the military ventures of Ramesses II. As you enter through the gateway in the Pylon, you come to the court of Ramesses II built in an oblique angle and on top of the pillars of this courtyard was built the mosque of Abu’l Haggag.
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And the last structure that you will reach after this is the processional colonnade housing the world famous columns with papyrus incriptions and beyond this lies the Court of Amenhotep II. From here the kings along with the priests used to enter the inner sanctums of the temple housing the private chambers of the Gods- the place
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