Karnak, A Temple Compound of Ancient Wonder
Nesut-Tawi, “the Throne of the Two Lands” or Ipet-Iset, “The finest of Seats” is what people called Karnak, an ancient complex of extraordinary religious temples located in Thebes, Egypt. (Bunson). The 250 square miles were filled with temples, stone pillars, statues and more gave Karnak the name for the “the most remarkable religious complex constructed on earth” (Bunson). No one has even attempted something like it’s size or scale until the pyramids of Giza. With the early Egyptian art and the remarkable architecture Karnak was known all around Egypt in ancient times. Honoring the god Amun, a very well known god at the time, had people come each and everyday to this masterful compound to worship. …show more content…
There was no homes and markets found in Karnak (Mark). Karnak had so many temples and religious places that it was a wonder how people in 2055 BCE could have the skill to build such a masterpiece. Many chapels and temples showed their religion in art and statues like a specific chapel of Amun and the walls showed statues of that showed “exotic plants and animals” (Bunson). All of Karnak was made out of mud brick pylons some as tall as 370 feet, which are giant walls that served as a gateway. Mud brick also divided Karnak into three separate areas (Netzley). The pylons included details inscribed information about, “the new kingdom, information about rituals and religious practices, military campaigns and more” (Bunson). There were also many sphinx statues around the temples and pylons. They were at the front entrance and the Temple of Mut which “was connected to Temple of Amun by an avenue of sphinxes, statues of lions with human heads that probably symbolized the sun god” (Netzley). Finally “Karnak had a ramp and canal that led to the Nile river,” one of the most sacred parts of the ancient world because it provided food and water to everyone around it
Nesut-Tawi, “the Throne of the Two Lands” or Ipet-Iset, “The finest of Seats” is what people called Karnak, an ancient complex of extraordinary religious temples located in Thebes, Egypt. (Bunson). The 250 square miles were filled with temples, stone pillars, statues and more gave Karnak the name for the “the most remarkable religious complex constructed on earth” (Bunson). No one has even attempted something like it’s size or scale until the pyramids of Giza. With the early Egyptian art and the remarkable architecture Karnak was known all around Egypt in ancient times. Honoring the god Amun, a very well known god at the time, had people come each and everyday to this masterful compound to worship. …show more content…
There was no homes and markets found in Karnak (Mark). Karnak had so many temples and religious places that it was a wonder how people in 2055 BCE could have the skill to build such a masterpiece. Many chapels and temples showed their religion in art and statues like a specific chapel of Amun and the walls showed statues of that showed “exotic plants and animals” (Bunson). All of Karnak was made out of mud brick pylons some as tall as 370 feet, which are giant walls that served as a gateway. Mud brick also divided Karnak into three separate areas (Netzley). The pylons included details inscribed information about, “the new kingdom, information about rituals and religious practices, military campaigns and more” (Bunson). There were also many sphinx statues around the temples and pylons. They were at the front entrance and the Temple of Mut which “was connected to Temple of Amun by an avenue of sphinxes, statues of lions with human heads that probably symbolized the sun god” (Netzley). Finally “Karnak had a ramp and canal that led to the Nile river,” one of the most sacred parts of the ancient world because it provided food and water to everyone around it