Luxor Temple is a large Ancient Egyptian temple complex located on the east bank of the Nile River in the city today known as Luxor (ancient Thebes) and was constructed approximately 1400 BCE. In Egyptian language is known as “ipet resyt” – “the southern sanctuary”. Unlike the other temples in Thebes, Luxor Temple is not dedicated to a cult god or a dead king. Instead Luxor Temple is dedicated to the rejuvenation of Kingship. It may have been where many of the kings of Egypt were crowned. Alexander the Great claimed he was crowned at Luxor, but he may never have traveled south of Memphis, near modern Cairo…
To the rear of the temple are chapels built by Amenhotep III of the 18th Dynasty and Alexander the Great. Other parts of the temple are built by Tutankhamun and Ramses II. During the Roman era, the temple and its surrounding were a legionary fortress and the home of Roman governor of the area. This is the largest Temple around Luxor. We spend there some hours looking everywhere and taking photos. All good photos (there was not enough light inside) from there are shown in this blog-album. We met a lot of local people, including a wedding couple. They invited us to take picture with theme. Egyptians are very good people! They like tourists from all the world. They have what to show them.
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