Temple of Ptah (Karnak)
Doorway of Thutmose III
The Temple of Ptah is a shrine located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. It lies to the north of the main Amun temple, just within the boundary wall. The building was erected by the Pharaoh Thutmose III on the site of an earlier Middle Kingdom temple. The edifice was later enlarged by the Ptolemaic Kingdom.
The temple consists of six small gateways, built close together. The first, to the west, was constructed by the Ptolemies. The subsequent gates date from the Eighteenth Dynasty, with the initial one erected by Hatshepsut and the rest by Thutmose III.
External links
- Excavation programm of the temple of Ptah and the southern structures by the Cfeetk (en)
- Report 2009 on the excavation programm of the temple of Ptah and the southern structures by the Cfeetk (en)
- Report 2010 on the excavation programm of the temple of Ptah and the southern structures by the Cfeetk (en)
Coordinates: 25°43′11″N 32°39′35″E / 25.7196°N 32.6597°E
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/31/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.