The Port of Temple of karnak (Karnac) of Egypt

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In the northern part of the modern-day city of Luxor The Port of

Temple of karnak

was built by King Ramses II and is located in front of the temple. It is a rectangular base built with blocks of sandstone. This port was built to receive barque processions of the Opet festival and also the barques of the visitors, which were loaded with gifts for the Temple of god Amun. There are Hieroglyphic texts on the west face of this port recording the height of the Nile inundation from the 22nd to the 26th dynasties. This port was connected with the Nile by a canal dug in the shape of inverted T letter. King Seti II built two obelisks from red sandstone on the east side of this port: The first one was in the northeast corner, the second obelisk is still standing in the southeast corner, its height is 2.5 meters. The Ram-Headed Sphinxes Avenue within the

Temple of karnak

Complex.jpg The Ram-Headed Sphinxes Avenue within the

Temple of karnak

Complex In the northern part of the modern-day city of Luxor The Ram-Headed Sphinxes Avenue is located before the first pylon and measures 52 m long and 12 m wide. It was erected by King Ramses II (19th dynasty) and later on usurped by King Pa-ndjm (21st dynasty). These statues have a lion body and a ram's head under their chins standing a royal statue in

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form. There are 40 ram-headed sphinx statues before the first pylon; 20 on each side, while in the Open Court there are 33 ram-headed statues on the southern side and 19 statues on the northern side. . The purpose of this avenue was to protect the procession of the Opet festival when coming out and back in to the Temple.