The Karnak Temple Complex, commonly known as Karnak (/kɑːr.næk/[1]), comprises a vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings. Building at the complex began during the reign of Senusret I in the Middle Kingdom and continued into the Ptolemaic period, although most of the extant buildings date from the New Kingdom. The area around Karnak was the ancient Egyptian Ipet-isut ("The Most Selected of Places") and the main place of worship of the eighteenth dynasty Theban Triad with the god Amun as its head. It is part of the monumental city of Thebes. The Karnak complex gives its name to the nearby, and partly surrounded, modern village of El-Karnak, 2.5 kilometres (1.6 miles) north of Luxor.
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Source
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Archeotransfert and Archeovision |
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Contacts
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Loïc Espinasse
3D engineer
Archeotransfert and archeovision
Archeopole
esplanade des antilles
PESSAC
33607
France
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Copyright Credit Line
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Archeotransfert,Archeovision |
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Europeana Rights
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Creative Commons - Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (BY-NC-ND) |
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Spatial
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Karnak Temple Complex,Qina,Egypt
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Start Date
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2055 BC |
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End Date
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1069 BC |
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Period Name
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Middle kingdom to New Kingdom of Egypt |
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Heritage Asset Type
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Temple |
