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Karnak Khonsu Carving EG075024jhp Karnak Temple Khonsu Interior Carving hieroglyphic nu niwt city walls relief located inside this mortuary temple to the SW corner of this huge sprawling site on the East Bank of the River Nile near the modern City of Luxor and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. This photo of the hieroglyphic sign for a city or town, the nu or niwt, crossroads symbol is taken inside the Temple of Khonsu and the temple is worth a visit as it is usually free of crowds, is well preserved and is adjacent to a nicely decorated Temple of Opet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing. Built mainly by Ramesses 111 and 1V but later additions by various kings including the Propylon Gate built by Ptolemy 111 from which an avenue of sphinxes leads to the Precinct of Mut, unfortunately closed to the public. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East, Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, interior, walls, reliefs, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, Ramses, Ramesses, Ramasses, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, bas reliefs, carving, crossroads, city, walled, town, nu, village, niet, Pinudjem, Nectanebo, Herihor, Amun, Alexander, Amun-Re, Osiris, enclosure
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Khonsu Carving EG075024jhp
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Karnak Temple Khonsu Interior Carving hieroglyphic nu niwt city walls

relief located inside this mortuary temple to the SW corner of this huge sprawling site on the East Bank of the River Nile near the modern City of Luxor and Karnak is the largest religious complex on the Nile. This photo of the hieroglyphic sign for a city or town, the nu or niwt, crossroads symbol is taken inside the Temple of Khonsu and the temple is worth a visit as it is usually free of crowds, is well preserved and is adjacent to a nicely decorated Temple of Opet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing. Built mainly by Ramesses 111 and 1V but later additions by various kings including the Propylon Gate built by Ptolemy 111 from which an avenue of sphinxes leads to the Precinct of Mut, unfortunately closed to the public.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East, Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, interior, walls, reliefs, hieroglyphs, hieroglyphics, Ramses, Ramesses, Ramasses, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, bas reliefs, carving, crossroads, city, walled, town, nu, village, niet, Pinudjem, Nectanebo, Herihor, Amun, Alexander, Amun-Re, Osiris, enclosure