call Skype Me™!

email

(+2) 010 05675151
 

language


Luxour - Karnak

 


Open Air Museum

It is called White Chapel, and dates back to the 12th Dynasty.

The Open Air Museum contains a collection of smaller shrines and temples which mainly illustrates how diverse the Karnak area was, and how many options there must have been for the devout.
The handful of shrines are in fair to excellent condition. Perhaps the most attractive to many is the Red Chapel of Hatshepsut, which I found impossible to transform into a proper photo. It is interesting from the fact that every stone contains an individual design, instead of forming part of a larger design. This has made it difficult to reconstruct the chapel.
The gem of the collection is usually considered to be the White Chapel built by Sesostris 1 of the 12th Dynasty, with its excellent bas-reliefs. It was not open for entry upon last visit (2004).

Apart from the shrines, the Open Air Museum contains a rather badly presented collection of bits and pieces and just a few complete statues. These are mainly Sekhmet statues from the Temple of Ptah. They seem to have been made by the same people carving out the hundreds of Sekhmet statues for the Temple of Mut.

 
  

It is called White Chapel, and dates back to the 12th Dynasty.
 

Unnamed temple.

 

Excavations 
The Karnak precinct may look flooded by temples, but there is more to be unearthed. These excavations, near the Open Air Museum, seem to reveal private chapels, and a processional highway connecting them with the Temple of Amon.
 

 

 

Previous                           Next

 
 
 

Send Request

 
  Name:
  Email:
  Message:
   

Add this page to Del.icoi.us Add this page to Digg Add this page to Facebook Add this page to Google Add this page to Newsvine Add this page to Reddit Add this page to StumbleUpon Add this page to Technorati Add this page to Yahoo          Add to Favorite    Print Friendly


 
© Copyright 2009  Aclass Travel , All rights are reserved, Site Development by webconsultantgroup.com & Design by egypt web design