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The temple of Amun is very
impressive and is the main temple of Karnak. Karnak was known to
the ancient Egyptians as Ipet-isut which meaning is “The most
Select of Places”. Even though Karnak is only with ruined
temples was and is still one of the main temples of Egypt. The
temples were destroyed during the attack s of the Persians,
Assyrians and the Christians. The Great temple of Karnak
consists of courtyards, lot of small temples around, gateways,
hypostyle walls which is an architecture where the roof is held
only with pylons or columns with no need of arches. On the
picture can be seen the huge pylons in the Great temple of Amun.
Most of the other precincts are closed to the public. Along the
avenue which leads to the first pylon can be seen ram headed
sphinxes, the ram or the goose is the symbol of the God Amun
which was a lot worshipped by the ancient Egyptians. The
ancients used to make a pilgrimage to Karnak in honor of the
famous God Amun, King of all Pharaohs. The only pilgrims
nowadays are the tourists visiting the ruins of Karnak. Karnak
is a place not to miss while visiting Egypt as well as the
capital city and the neighbouring village Luxor and el-Karnak. |
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