Temple of Luxor

Temple of Luxor

c. 1570-1085 BCE

1733

built works

Egypt (nation)

Luxor (inhabited place)

Nineteenth Dynasty (Egyptian)

temples (buildings)

obelisks (monumental pillars)

pylons

statues

Ramses II--King of Egypt

View of pylon, obelisk and statues of Ramses, II at the Temple of Luxor. "The temple has a more unified plan than some Egyptian temples (Karnak, for example) because it was essentially the work of only three pharaohs: Amenophis III (also known as Amenhotep III), Tutankhamen, and Ramses II. In general, each new addition was situated in front of the older section; thus we encounter the temple in reverse chronological order. It has the typical Egyptian temple features: an entrance pylon (two trapezoidal units with walls sloping inward which frame the entrance), courtyards with porticoes, a hypostyle hall (or forest of tall columns), and at the end of the longitudinal axis, a sacred area, with the sanctuary, a birth house, and other small rooms, not accessible to the ancient public,"--by Mary Ann Sullivan, Bluffton University.

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