Luxor Temple
The Southern Sanctuary – is considered to have held a great significance to the Feast of Opet. This annual religious festival involved a procession of the statues of the deities Amun, his wife Mut, and their child Khonsu, from the other grand temple complex in ancient Thebes: Karnak.
During earlier celebrations of Opet, the procession between Karnak and Luxor would take place along the famous Avenue of the Sphinxes. This one-and-a-half mile stretch of road is thought to have been home to around 1350 statues of human-headed sphinxes. Some of the sphinxes have been and excavated, and can be seen near the entrance to the Karnak temple complex.
The ancient sandstone of this temple literally glowed gold in the light of the sunset and created the most beautiful, mystical shadows.
Karnak Temple
A massive Ancient Egyptian temple complex that was one of Egypt’s most important places of worship under the rules of Hatshepsut, Seti I, Ramesses II and Ramesses III. As well as the dominating Temple of Amun-Ra, Karnak is also made up of smaller chapels and sanctuaries dedicated to other deities, as well as grand halls, docks, a sacred lake. and pylons – the monumental gateways that mark temple entrances.
The other two temples visited this day were Temple Sobek and Kings Valley. Check those visuals as well.
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