Egyptian PantheonTemple
Karnak Temple Complex
A vast mix of decayed temples, chapels, pylons, and other buildings near Luxor, primarily dedicated to Amun.
About Karnak Temple Complex
Amun's house at Thebes
Karnak (Ipet-Sut) is the great temple precinct of Amun-Ra at Theban Thebes, grown across the New Kingdom. The Great Hymn to Amun and festival reliefs of Opet show the god's barque moving between Karnak and Luxor. It is a working cult machine, not a narrative underworld. No epic parks a hero here. The theology is solar and hidden-name: Amun, the unseen, housed in a stone estate with pylons, hypostyle, and sacred lake.
On the map
Karnak Temple Complex among other places of the Egyptian Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
Source notes
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- Great Hymn to Amun (Cairo CG 58038 tradition)
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