Great Temple of Amun
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The Great Temple of Amun at Karnak formed the largest temple precinct in ancient Egypt, measuring some 530 x 510 x 510 x 700 m, covering 123 hectares and including a vast accumulation of buildings and monuments (some no longer standing or reconstructed elsewhere).
- Great Hypostyle Hall, Great Temple of Amun, Karnak
- the Akhmenu (including the Festival Hall of Thutmose III)
- the Chapelle Rouge of Hatshepsut (now in the Open Air Museum at Karnak)
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Bibliography
- Azim, Michel and Rondot, Vincent [2006], "Note archéologique et épigraphique sur les architraves de la grande salle hypostyle du temple d’Amon-Rê à Karnak", in Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, University of Memphis, 2006. pdf
- Jacquet-Gordon, Helen [2006], "The Festival on which Amun went out to the Treasury", Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane, University of Memphis, 2006. pdf
- Mensan, Romain [2007], "Tuthmosid foundation deposits at Karnak", Egyptian Archaeology 30 (2007), pp.21-25.
- Redford, Donald B. [1979], “A Gate Inscription from Karnak and Egyptian Involvement in Western Asia during the Early 18th Dynasty”, JAOS 99 (1979), pp.270-287.
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External links
- World Heritage Tour - Karnak - includes QuickTime panoramas from 6 separate vantage points within the Amun Temple complex

