luxor temple

Ancient Egypt
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Roman residential town found close to Luxor Temple

The complex dates to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD.

BELOW The iconic pylon (gateway) of Luxor temple marked the transition of the processional way associated with the Opet festival and the beginning of the temple.

Minerva
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Luxor temple: where kings become gods

After coronation, the new pharaoh would head to the temple at Luxor to assume the royal ka that flowed from the gods Horus and Re all the way down Egypt’s line of rulers. Nigel Fletcher-Jones takes us on a procession through this all-important site, developed by kings strengthening their claims to divine ka.