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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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Karnak 4
Festival Hall at Karnak 1
Great Temple of Amun at Karnak 1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 (23)

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

this entity surface form: Temple of Karnak (via processional route)
Amenhotep II → builtAt → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
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
Upper Egypt → contains → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Amenhotep II → cultCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Egyptians → famousMonumentCulture → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Egyptology → hasImportantDiscovery → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: temple complex of Karnak
Nile Valley → hasMajorArchaeologicalSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
this entity surface form: Temple of Karnak
Luxor → hasPart → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Thebes → hasTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Amun → importantTemple → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Temple of Amun at Karnak
Luxor → knownFor → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Amun → majorCultCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Valley of the Kings → majorNearbyTempleComplex → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
Pharaonic Egypt → majorSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt → majorTempleSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Luxor International Airport → nearbyAttraction → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Amenhotep II → notableInscriptionSite → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak
West Bank necropolis → oppositeBankFrom → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
Sekhmet → worshipCenter → Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karnak