During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place ... To the right of the column, near the palm tree, stands a 50-foot-high statue of Ramses II.

To the south and west, where dozens of pillars crowd one another for space, you can understand why Gustave Flaubert, on his visit to Karnak in the 19th century, called the temple "a palace of giants." ...

Thousands of Egyptian visitors and tourists flocked to the Karnak Temple area in Luxor to witness the annual phenomenon of the sun aligning with the main axis of the temple, marking the official ...