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Luxor Karnak Pylon Ramps EG074850hp Karnak Temple Pylon Mudbrick Ramps Remains Egypt Construction technique unfinished is behind the First Pylon from the western entrance of this major site located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. In this photo are the remains of construction mudbrick ramps in the first court behind the first pylon, which appear to have been left behind. The temple complex started from the centre and this area of construction, partly unfinished, was a much later phase possibly during the reign of Nectanebo 1 around 370BC. Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, pylon, interior, mudbrick, ramps, remains, unfinished, building, construction, methods, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Karnak Temple
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Luxor Karnak Pylon Ramps EG074850hp
Upload Date: 2007-10-19 08:05:23
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Karnak Temple Pylon Mudbrick Ramps Remains Egypt Construction technique unfinished

is behind the First Pylon from the western entrance of this major site located near Luxor City centre on the East Bank of the River Nile and it the largest religious complex on the Nile. In this photo are the remains of construction mudbrick ramps in the first court behind the first pylon, which appear to have been left behind. The temple complex started from the centre and this area of construction, partly unfinished, was a much later phase possibly during the reign of Nectanebo 1 around 370BC.
Keywords: Egypt, Egyptian, Luxor, Karnak, Temple, East Bank, River Nile, Thebes, Waset, Ipetisut, upright, pylon, interior, mudbrick, ramps, remains, unfinished, building, construction, methods, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptology, hieroglyphics