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Pictures from the great Mortuary temple of Ramasses 111 called the Medinet Habu on the West Bank of the River Nile at Luxor
Medinet Habu EG9620513JHP Medinet Habu Temple Pylon Vista Tower High View Photograph Luxor West Bank located near the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111, here its first pylon viewed from the eastern fortified gate. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately. Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, River Nile, West Bank, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Amun, Kematef, decorated, painted, hieroglyphics, surfaces, Djamet, Ramasses, Ramesses, Osiride, statues, colonnade, portico, court, pylon, gate
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Medinet Habu
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Medinet Habu EG9620513JHP
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Medinet Habu Temple Pylon Vista Tower High View Photograph Luxor

West Bank located near the River Nile at Luxor and a complex of temples is now dominated by the mortuary temple of Ramasses 111, here its first pylon viewed from the eastern fortified gate. Apart from being in excellent condition generally, the second court offers some breathtaking coloured reliefs ironically preserved under the white wash applied during the Christian era and the temple was used as a church. Not included in most standard tour packages, this temple is worth the effort to be visited privately.
Keywords: Egypt, Luxor, Thebes, Theban, River Nile, West Bank, Medinet Habu, temple, Ramses 111, landscape, history, archaeology, ancient, Egyptian, Egyptology, Amun, Kematef, decorated, painted, hieroglyphics, surfaces, Djamet, Ramasses, Ramesses, Osiride, statues, colonnade, portico, court, pylon, gate