Image Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053587jhp by Jim Henderson

Egypt > Luxor Temple > Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053587jhp
Images in this gallery relate to the east bank of the Nile temple called Luxor Temple including night photos and the Avenue of Sphinxes
Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053587jhp Luxor Temple ancient Egyptian pylon mosque Abu 'l-Haggag Triple Shrine Obelisk located on east bank River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. The Islamic Mosque dedicated to a local saint Abu'l Haggag illustrates the religious reverence of this site over the centuries. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Mosque, Crescent, Abu'l Hagag, Abu 'l-Haggag, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental
© Jim Henderson
"<" back one image forward one image ">"

Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Temple
Filename:
Luxor Temple & Mosque EG053587jhp
Upload Date: 2005-04-20 09:26:03
Photo Size: 8.9mb 5313x3555 pixels
Preview:
  comp 840x562

Caption:

Luxor Temple ancient Egyptian pylon mosque Abu 'l-Haggag Triple Shrine

Obelisk located on east bank River Nile at Luxor, Egypt is credited to Ramses 11 as the main builder and these are his massive granite statues at the entrance to the first pylon. The Islamic Mosque dedicated to a local saint Abu'l Haggag illustrates the religious reverence of this site over the centuries.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, columns, Triple, Shrine, Peristyle, court, approach, entrance, pylon, Mosque, Crescent, Abu'l Hagag, Abu 'l-Haggag, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, monumental