Advantages: Intricately detailed temple Disadvantages: Crowds of tourists
...to go and see some temple or other. I waved them off saying I was knackered and would catch up with them later and we could head to Valley of the Kings tomorrow together and went to lie down in our room. At this point I realised why all the touts at the railway station had been shouting about air-conditioning which we did not have. I am no stranger to heat and have been in many tropical countries and everyone has always said that the humid heat is ... ...heading to somewhere called the Temple of Karnak and headed out after them. Karnak is a temple complex just outside of modern Luxor and would have been in the ancient city of Thebes and one of the largest temple sites in all of Egypt. The oldest temples were begun around 1700BC, or during the ancient Egyptian Middle Kingdom but work continued for around 1500 years making the complex one of continual additions, changes and expansion. Obviously from ...
flyingllamas 04.08.2009
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Advantages: Largest place of worship in the world, awe inspiring Disadvantages: Will get hassled, some bits not as good as others
...egyptian meal with them. Karnak temple though must be one of the best sights in Egypt and a must see for anyone with even a slight interest in the ancient history of this spectacular place.
Having heard little about the temple before i arrived i was not sure what to expect, i knew that it was big but nothing really prepares you for the actuall scale untill you see it, and even at the main enterance the real scale is still not really aparent.
The ... ...idea of the scale the temple is roughly twice the size of the surrounding village area, and due to this is a day out in its self, and even with a whole day its impossible to see every area and admire every piece of artwork painstakingly carved onto every surface, Karnak will literally blow you away and to imagine the place in its former glory baffles the mind.
In terms of specific things to see there isnt essentially, no matter where you go there ...
darkdisciple 12.03.2007
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