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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 EG074829JHP Luxor Temple Seated Ramses Statues Granite Obelisk Pylon Front Entrance located on the east bank of the 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 and one remaining red granite obelisk. On the side of the huge black granite seats are carvings in excellent state of repair illustrating early the mythology of ancient Egypt, the Union of the Two Lands; Upper and Lower Egypt. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, black, feet, legs, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, red, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, ruler, huge, monumental, statues, seated, side panels, scenes, bas, reliefs, upper, lower, joined.
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Temple
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Luxor Temple EG074829JHP
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 07:46:15
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Luxor Temple Seated Ramses Statues Granite Obelisk Pylon Front Entrance

located on the east bank of the 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 and one remaining red granite obelisk. On the side of the huge black granite seats are carvings in excellent state of repair illustrating early the mythology of ancient Egypt, the Union of the Two Lands; Upper and Lower Egypt.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, upright, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics, granite, black, feet, legs, approach, entrance, pylon, obelisk, red, Ramses, Ramasses, Ramesses, pharaoh, ruler, huge, monumental, statues, seated, side panels, scenes, bas, reliefs, upper, lower, joined.