Karnak temple

Karnak temple was built over several hundred years by a series of pharoahs, dedicated to the god Amun-Re (among others)


The outer edge of the temple



Inside the temple, with the pharoahs name (enclosed in a circle called a cartouche)



Rameses II, along with his daughter Bent'anta


One of the many columns there, this one was built by Queen Hatshepsut
A sacred pool by the temple
We traveled to Karnak on horse drawn carriage!



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