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Karnak Khonsu Opet Temple EG075025jhp Karnak Temple Luxor Khonsu Opet Apet Ptolemaic Amun Osiris cult located 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. The nicely decorated Temple of Opet or Apet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing and is located on the SE corner of the main Khonsu was mainly a Ptolemaic Temple and in practice dedicated to Amun who had by this time assumed much of the characteristics of Osiris. Like Khonsu itself is is well preserved, usually not very busy and a delightful escape from the crowded areas around the main Karnak site. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East, Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, Opet, Apet, Osiris, mother, hippopotamus, diety, childbearing, Amun, Graeco, Roman, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Cleopatra, wall, reliefs, bas reliefs, carvings, crypts, offering, hall, portico, sanctuary, Pinudjem, Amun, door, enclosure, wall, cult
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Karnak Khonsu Opet Temple EG075025jhp
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Karnak Temple Luxor Khonsu Opet Apet Ptolemaic Amun Osiris cult

located 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. The nicely decorated Temple of Opet or Apet, a Goddess hippopotamus deity who assisted women in childbearing and is located on the SE corner of the main Khonsu was mainly a Ptolemaic Temple and in practice dedicated to Amun who had by this time assumed much of the characteristics of Osiris. Like Khonsu itself is is well preserved, usually not very busy and a delightful escape from the crowded areas around the main Karnak site.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East, Bank, River, Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, landscape, Khonsu, Opet, Apet, Osiris, mother, hippopotamus, diety, childbearing, Amun, Graeco, Roman, Ptolemy, Ptolemaic, Cleopatra, wall, reliefs, bas reliefs, carvings, crypts, offering, hall, portico, sanctuary, Pinudjem, Amun, door, enclosure, wall, cult