Karnak Temple Complex

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archaeological site religious complex temple complex

The Karnak Temple Complex is a vast ancient Egyptian religious site in modern-day Luxor, renowned for its monumental temples, pylons, and the Great Hypostyle Hall dedicated primarily to the god Amun.

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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Karnak Temple Complex canonical 27
Karnak 18
Temple of Amun at Karnak 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
religious complex ⓘ
temple complex ⓘ
associatedFestival Opet Festival ⓘ
connectedBy sphinx-lined processional way ⓘ
connectedTo Luxor Temple ⓘ
constructionStarted Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Kingdom
country Egypt ⓘ
culture Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Egypt
dedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
era Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
function site of major religious festivals ⓘ
state cult center of Amun ⓘ
governedByPriesthoodOf Amun ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle ancient Egyptian architecture ⓘ
hasFeature colossal statues ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
obelisks ⓘ
pylons ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
hasPart Avenue of Sphinxes ⓘ
First Pylon ⓘ
Great Hypostyle Hall ⓘ
Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Precinct of Montu ⓘ
Precinct of Mut ⓘ
Sacred Lake of Amun ⓘ
Temple of Khonsu ⓘ
inscribedAsWorldHeritageYear 1979 ⓘ
locatedIn Luxor ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate ⓘ
locatedOn east bank of the Nile ⓘ
majorConstructionPhase New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
surface form: New Kingdom
nearbyCity Luxor ⓘ
notableFor Great Hypostyle Hall ⓘ
surface form: Great Hypostyle Hall with massive papyrus columns

extensive hieroglyphic inscriptions and reliefs ⓘ
series of monumental pylons ⓘ
originalName Ipet-isut ⓘ
partOf Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
primaryDeity Amun ⓘ
surface form: Amun-Re
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
significance largest religious complex of ancient Egypt ⓘ
touristAttraction yes ⓘ
usedUntil Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic period

Roman period ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Luxor → knownFor → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor → hasPart → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Upper Egypt → contains → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt → majorSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Egyptians → famousMonumentCulture → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Sekhmet → worshipCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Thebes → hasTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Nile Valley → hasMajorArchaeologicalSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt → majorTempleSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: temple complex of Karnak
Amun → majorCultCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Amun → importantTemple → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
Thutmose III → builtAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Thutmose III → builtAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Amun at Karnak
Thutmose III → commissioned → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Festival Hall at Karnak
Amenhotep II → cultCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Amenhotep II → builtAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Amenhotep II → notableInscriptionSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Valley of the Kings → majorNearbyTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → hasPart → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
this entity surface form: Temple of Karnak
West Bank necropolis → oppositeBankFrom → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor International Airport → nearbyAttraction → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → contains → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → hasTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Waset → modernSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Waset → templeComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → alignedWith → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Karnak (via processional route)
Luxor Temple → connectedTo → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor Museum → focusesOnRegion → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Luxor Museum → near → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Auguste Mariette → notablePublication → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Lateran Obelisk → originalLocation → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak temple complex
Ancient Egyptian architecture → notableExample → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Festival of Drunkenness → celebratedAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Mut at Karnak
Nectanebo I → templeBuildingAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Shoshenq I → majorMonument → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bubastite Portal at Karnak
Osorkon I → associatedWith → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Temple of Amun at Karnak
Opet Festival → processionFrom → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak Temple
Opet Festival → celebratedIn → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Opet Festival → associatedTemple → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak Temple
Niwt-Imn → associatedWithTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Thebai → contains → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Mut → cultCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → contains → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Thebae → hasPart → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak temple complex
Deir el-Bahri → locatedOpposite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Khonsu → worshipCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Senusret I → associatedWithSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Senusret III → buildingActivitySite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Mutemwia → associatedLocation → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak