Luxor Temple

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ancient Egyptian temple complex archaeological site tourist attraction

Luxor Temple is a large ancient Egyptian temple complex on the east bank of the Nile in Luxor, renowned for its monumental architecture and religious significance dating back to the New Kingdom.

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Label Occurrences
Luxor Temple canonical 35
Avenue of Sphinxes between Karnak and Luxor 1
Luxor Temple monuments 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian temple complex ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
adaptedAs Roman military camp ⓘ
architecturalStyle New Kingdom Egyptian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith divine kingship ⓘ
builtDuring New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
connectedBy Avenue of Sphinxes ⓘ
connectedTo Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
constructionContinuedUnder Horemheb ⓘ
Tutankhamun ⓘ
constructionStartedUnder Amenhotep III ⓘ
contains Roman frescoes ⓘ
chapel of Alexander the Great ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of Theban religious life ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
excavatedBy Egyptian Antiquities Service ⓘ
expandedBy Ramesses II ⓘ
hasFeature colonnade of Amenhotep III ⓘ
First Pylon ⓘ
surface form: first pylon of Ramesses II

hypostyle hall ⓘ
obelisks ⓘ
peristyle court ⓘ
processional colonnade ⓘ
sanctuary of Amun ⓘ
laterContained Abu Haggag Mosque ⓘ
locatedIn Luxor ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
locatedInGovernorate Luxor Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOnBankOf east bank of the Nile ⓘ
mainAxis north–south ⓘ
majorTouristDestinationSince 19th century ⓘ
modernCityBuiltAround Luxor ⓘ
oneObeliskRelocatedTo Place de la Concorde ⓘ
surface form: Place de la Concorde, Paris
orientation parallel to Nile ⓘ
originallyHadNumberOfObelisks 2 ⓘ
partOf Thebes ⓘ
surface form: ancient city of Thebes
primaryMaterial sandstone ⓘ
religiousFunction cult temple of Amun ⓘ
site of royal rituals ⓘ
remainingStandingObelisks 1 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteComponentOf Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteInscriptionYear 1979 ⓘ
usedDuringPeriod Pharaonic period ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic period

Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Roman period
usedFor Opet Festival ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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

Luxor → knownFor → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor → hasPart → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Upper Egypt → contains → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Pharaonic Egypt → majorSite → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Thebes → hasTempleComplex → Luxor Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
Thebes → linkedBy → Luxor Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Thebes (Egypt)
this entity surface form: Avenue of Sphinxes between Karnak and Luxor
New Kingdom of Egypt → majorTempleSite → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Ramesses II with royal family → typicalLocation → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Valley of the Kings → majorNearbyTempleComplex → Luxor Temple ⓘ
UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis) → hasPart → Luxor Temple ⓘ
subject surface form: Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
Karnak Temple Complex → connectedTo → Luxor Temple ⓘ
West Bank necropolis → oppositeBankFrom → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor International Airport → nearbyAttraction → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → contains → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor Governorate → hasTempleComplex → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Waset → templeComplex → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor Museum → focusesOnRegion → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Luxor Museum → near → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Obelisk of Luxor → originatesFrom → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Obelisk of Luxor → originalLocation → Luxor Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: entrance of Luxor Temple
Obelisk of Luxor → pedestalOrigin → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Aswan granite → usedIn → Luxor Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luxor Temple monuments
Ancient Egyptian architecture → notableExample → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Opet Festival → processionTo → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Opet Festival → associatedTemple → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Niwt-Imn → associatedWithTempleComplex → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Thebai → contains → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis → contains → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Thebae → hasPart → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Mummification Museum in Luxor → near → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Deir el-Bahri → locatedOpposite → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Menkheperure Thutmose → associatedWithTemple → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Aswan quarries → suppliedStoneTo → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Meritamen → depictedAt → Luxor Temple ⓘ
The Hidden One → associatedPlace → Luxor Temple ⓘ
reliefs of Ramesses II → locatedIn → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Gebel el-Silsila → stoneSuppliedTo → Luxor Temple ⓘ
Horemheb → templeBuilding → Luxor Temple ⓘ