Karnak

The Temple of Karnak , one of the overwhelming Monuments of the Pharaonic legacy, with work carried out on the temples over a period of 1500 years.

                    

                    

                    

                    

                                                                   The colors, as seen below, 

                                                                          are still spectacular - after 5,000 years

                   

                   

                   

                   

                   

                 

                  

                   

                    

Walk around Re five times for long life

                  

                

                

                

    

Cleopatra's Balcony -

from which she addressed her subjects

              

              

 

              

           

 

                       

                       

Ceiling blackened by Christian fires

as they hid in temples