Karnak -Nile Cruise

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		The Ram corridor to Karnak Temple
	some of the collumns are lotus shaped for Upper Egypt some resemble the papurus stroch for Lower Egypt	134 thick 23 meter high collumns where holding up the roof of the hypostyle hall
		The holly bond inside the Karnak Temple area
Karnak Temple  -  the largest still existing temple area in Egypt - was founded 2134 Bc. to worship god Ammon-Ra during the 11:th  Dynasty by Pharaoh Mentuhotep I. During the 20. Dynasty  Ramses III 1183 - 1152 Bc. had 86 000 staff working in the temple It was abandoned 300  when Egyptians turned to Christianity. It was found by the Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1799 but then it was cowered in sand.
		At the first Court Yard
Statue of Ramses II	Hapsetsuts granite Obelisk is a 130 meter high monolite. it had a cold bladed top that shined for miles arround	Hathor and Isis Some pictures where destroyed by christians because they where considered inapropriate
		some of the ruins are not yet assembled to their original glory