Karnak / Luxor Temple
 
The largest and most luxurious temple in ancient Egypt, and possibly the largest of any contemporary temple in the world;
# The Karnak Temple is an honest record of the history and civilizations of ancient Egypt in particular, the ancient Arab Levant region and its environs in general. From the era of the Middle Egyptian state (2050 BC) to the Ptolemaic period, that is, about two thousand years and the rulers of Egypt adding sacred architectural structures to this temple, which made it an authentic historical document;
The Karnak Temple is located in the western part of Thebes, about three kilometres north of the Luxor Temple. It is considered the main temple of Amun.
A fence of mud-brick is enclosed in a rectangular shape, 550 meters long, 480 meters wide, 12 meters thick, and 20 meters high, surrounded by eight gates and covering an area of ​​more than 60 acres.
 
Sections of the temple
A small port on the Nile or on a canal that connects to the river
Two rows of statues on both sides of the road with a ram’s head and a lion’s body 52 meters long and 13 meters wide and away from the first edifice 20 meters
The first edifice is located at the front of the temple from the west. It is 113 meters long, 40 meters high, and 15 meters thick. Its construction dates back to the Thirtieth Dynasty. It is a huge building with two towers with a rectangular base; between them is a granite stone entrance, but it is less high than them, and it has a door of wood covered with precious metal. The edifice symbolizes the horizon. The Egyptian portrays the towers as two mountains through which the sun shines; Thus, the temple became the beginning of the universe.
The first edifice follows an open courtyard, dating back to the Twenty-Second Dynasty, 80 meters long and 100 meters wide and dating back to the era of King Shashenq the First, and on both sides are two rows of masters, led by two rows of rams erected by King Ramses II.
There are three sandstone mansions based on pink quartz bases to the north of the interior of the first edifice. It was erected by King Seti the Second, each of them berthed for a boat.
On the longitudinal axis of the temple, we find the remains of a giant booth, which was composed of two rows of five columns.