The First Pylon at Karnak Temple. You start by facing west towards ... To the right of the column, near the palm tree, stands a 50-foot-high statue of Ramses II. To the east are the ruins of ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

If you're in search of Luxor's largest (and most impressive) collection of temple ruins, look no further than the Karnak Temple Complex. Located about 2 miles northeast of the Temple of Luxor ...

IN 1891 Sir Norman Lockyer made a magnetic survey of the axis of the great Temple of Amen-Ra, at Karnak, with the view of determining an astronomical date for the original building.

An avenue of sphinxes once connected it to Karnak Temple almost two miles away ... which reached to the shoulders of the two seated statues of Ramses II that you see to either side of the portal.

Historic treasures housed in this museum include a statue of Tuthmosis III from the Karnak Temple Complex; items buried with Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings; a collection of statues found ...

An Egyptian-American archaeological team has unearthed the first Middle Kingdom-era burials at the Assasif cemetery near ...