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Karnak Entrance Pylon EG075081JHP Karnak Temple Pylon Entrance Exterior Excavation Modern Quay Harbour Ramp is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. Recent excavations at its entrance suggest the front of a quay which would have allowed service from the River Nile both in the supply of building materials such as Aswan granite but also for religious ceremonial trips along the rivewr. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, pylon, entrance, front, landscape, crio-sphinxes, ram, head, lion, body, row, roughcut, carving, building, construction, history, archaeology, recent, excavations, quay, ancient, Egyptology
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Karnak Entrance Pylon EG075081JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 11:04:23
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Karnak Temple Pylon Entrance Exterior Excavation Modern Quay Harbour Ramp

is located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. Recent excavations at its entrance suggest the front of a quay which would have allowed service from the River Nile both in the supply of building materials such as Aswan granite but also for religious ceremonial trips along the rivewr.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, pylon, entrance, front, landscape, crio-sphinxes, ram, head, lion, body, row, roughcut, carving, building, construction, history, archaeology, recent, excavations, quay, ancient, Egyptology