The front entrance and First Pylon of the Temples of Karnak at Luxor.
The Avenue of Ram-headed Sphinxes guarding the front entrance to the Temples of Karnak.
A ram-headed sphinx at the front of the Temples of Karnak.
Looking inside the Chapel of Khons at the Temples of Karnak.
Cartouche of the moon god Khons inside the Chapel of Khons.
Statue of Ramses II outside the Second Pylon of the Temples of Karnak.
Hieroglyphics carved onto the Second Pylon at the Temples of Karnak.
Obelisk of Tuthmosis III visible through the Great Hypostyle Hall.
The Great Hypostyle Hall at the Temples of Karnak.
Sun creeps between the pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Cartouches carved onto a pillar of the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Some colour still remains in part of the ceiling of the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Statues in the Great Hypostyle Hall.
Another view of the pillars of the Great Hypostyle Hall.
The obelisks of Queen Hatshepsut (left) and King Tuthmosis III (right).
The 29m high obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut.
Statues between the Fifth and Sixth Pylons of the Temples of Karnak.
Pillar in the design of a papyrus plant at the Temples of Karnak.
The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut viewed from the Central Court.
The Great Festival Hall of Tuthmosis III.
The obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut viewed from the Great Festival Hall of Tuthmosis III.
Colourful ceiling of the Great Festival Hall of Tuthmosis III.
Inside the Great Festival Hall of Tuthmosis III.
Ancient Egyptian crane behind the Sacred Lake at the Temples of Karnak.
The Sacred Lake at the Temples of Karnak.
The obelisks viewed from the Cachette Court.
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