Temple C (Karnak)

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Temple C was a small sandstone temple structure of the Ptolemaic Period located some 75 metres (246 feet) eastwards of the south-east corner of the main Amun precinct at Karnak.

Temple C is known to have been enclosed by a mud-brick temenos wall, the temple positioned within the eastern half of the resulting sanctuary.

Excavations under the direction of Donald Redford have revealed that the core of the Temple C was constructed in the third century BCE, within the sanctuary area of a preceding temple structure, now vanished. Structurally, Temple C was fronted by a four column peristyle within an inner temenos wall. A short processional avenue lined the temple to the gate in the outer temenos wall. A variety of chambers, possibly including the remains of a sanatorium, were detected on the southern side of the temple structure.

In the later development of Temple C, the forecourt now preserved seems to have been added to the original design in the second or first century BCE, whilst Temple C appears to have enjoyed continued use into the Roman period.