Luxor Temple in Egypt is worth visiting
Catch the afterglow of the sunset at the Luxor Temple in the evening🥰🥰💕💕💕
I like to take pictures of the majestic pillars from the bottom up with the blue sky and white clouds👍
Souvenir shops in Egypt sell postcards of spectacular sacred pillars against blue sky and clouds, which are of great commemorative value.
The most confident seated statue in the picture is Ramses II.
Egyptians often say: If you haven't been to the Luxor Temple, you haven't been to Egypt. The Luxor Temple is a testament to Luxor's glorious past.
Opposite the gate of the Luxor Temple, there are two rows of spectacular sphinxes. This is the direction leading to the Karnak Temple. In ancient times, festivals were held every year, starting from the Karnak Temple and heading towards the Luxor Temple. This was the most grand event in Luxor.
The faces of many pharaoh statues in the temple were scratched and damaged because the conversion to Christianity was an attempt to destroy people's worship of the pharaoh. The wall in the last picture of this article has Christian portraits. In order to make people believe in Christianity and stop worshipping the pharaoh, Christianity tore down the murals on this wall and replaced them with Christian murals, in order to promote Christianity and preach in Egypt.
Luxor Temple is also translated as Luxor Temple. Luxor was formerly known as Thebes (the capital of the New King period of ancient Egypt), also known as Wassat. It is located on the east bank of the Nile River about 500 kilometers south of Cairo, which is equivalent to the south-central part of Egypt. It was built around the 14th century BC. It took about 1,900 years for several generations of pharaohs to build it, and was mainly dedicated to the three gods of Thebes. The Egyptian government is currently digging a three-kilometer road from the Luxor Temple in the south to the Karnak Temple in the north, and is very much looking forward to the two temples being able to connect directly.
It also enshrines the three gods of Thebes, Amun (the sun god 🌞), his wife the war goddess Mut, and their two children, the moon god Huns. According to legend, every year when the Nile River is high tide, the three gods of the Karnak Temple will come here by boat to accept the worship and offerings of the people.
This temple is oriented from north to south and is relatively long and slender, but not as large as the Karnak Temple. The main part of the temple was built by Amenhotep III, and Alexander the Great visited it until the Greek era.
The only things left of the Luxor Temple are the thick walls on both sides of the gate. On the outer walls there are reliefs of Ramses II fighting the Hittites, and on the inner walls there are paintings of festive sacrificial scenes.
There are two 25-meter-high obelisks in front of the Luxor Temple, one of which was given to France in 1836 and now resides in the Place de la Concorde in Paris. At that time, France presented Egypt with an alarm clock, and it was still broken when it received it❗️It was really a treasure divided among the great powers😢😢
Recommendation: The best time to visit Luxor is in the evening near sunset when the weather is cooler and the temples are lit at night, creating a beautiful and moving scene.
Tickets: 80 Egyptian pounds, half price with international student ID
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