Showing posts with label luxor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label luxor. Show all posts

Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Luxor Temple by night - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt

Luxor Temple stands aloof in the heart of Luxor, ennobling the view from the waterfront with its grand colonnades and pylons, which are spotlit at night.





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Luxor Temple - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt

Luxor Temple stands aloof in the heart of Luxor, ennobling the view from the waterfront with its grand colonnades and pylons, which are spotlit at night.








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Monday, 1 October 2012

Traditional Bazaar - Luxor, Egypt








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Temple complex of Karnak - East Bank, Luxor, Egypt

The temple complex of Karnak beats every other pharaonic monument but the Pyramids of Giza. Built on a leviathan scale to house the gods, it comprises three separate temple enclosures, the grandest being the Precinct of Amun, dedicated to the supreme god of the New Kingdom - a structure large enough to accommodate ten great cathedrals.