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Images in this gallery are of exteriors and interiors of the Temple of Seti 1, also called Qurna and Goorneh to the north of the West Bank sites.
Seti 1 Sacred Lake EG053415JHP Luxor Egyptian Mortuary Temple Sethos Sacred Lake Nilometer Ramp on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor in an area called al-Tarif turning off eastwards instead of taking the Valley of the Kings road. Attributed to Seti it had involvement by Ramasses 1 and 11 and with recent restoration is a delightful extra addition should you have free time while in Luxor and described in the early days as Goorneh Temple. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Tarif, village, Temple, Sethos, Seti, Sety, Ramses, mortuary, Dra Abu el-Naga, Qurna, Goorneh, landscape, sacred, lake, necropolis, sandstone, enclosure, wall, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, decorated
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Luxor Seti 1 Temple
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Seti 1 Sacred Lake EG053415JHP
Upload Date: 2005-05-01 06:21:11
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Luxor Egyptian Mortuary Temple Sethos Sacred Lake Nilometer Ramp on

the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor in an area called al-Tarif turning off eastwards instead of taking the Valley of the Kings road. Attributed to Seti it had involvement by Ramasses 1 and 11 and with recent restoration is a delightful extra addition should you have free time while in Luxor and described in the early days as Goorneh Temple.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, River Nile, West Bank, Tarif, village, Temple, Sethos, Seti, Sety, Ramses, mortuary, Dra Abu el-Naga, Qurna, Goorneh, landscape, sacred, lake, necropolis, sandstone, enclosure, wall, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, decorated