We hope that these few photos give something of the feeling and mood of these temple complexes.

(87K) 576 x 432	The Avenue of the Rams led into the main entrance of the temples of Luxor.	(72K) 648 x 266	Karnak is an enormous complex of ancient temples built over a range of more than a thousand year and ending with the emergence of the Christian influence around 500 - 600 A.D.	(90K) 648 x 143	This panorama of Karnak shows the restored sacred lake and many temples is all directions.
(91K) 486 x 648	The size and mass of these statues and strutures at Karnak achieved their purpose if they were meant to awe and impress viewers.	(86K) 648 x 486	There are many huge courts leading to massive temples. The amount of carving of hieroglyphics on every possible surface is unbelievable.	(82K) 576 x 432	I rather like the stark, barren look of this part of Karnak.
(86K) 648 x 486	One more courtyard. Here there is a large collection of sphynxes collected by the government from home owners who found them underground and wanted to get them moved out of the way.	(84K) 486 x 648	Here a small part of a very ancient mosque can see seen, built upon Egyptian ruins. In the restoration of Luxor, it is too controversal to remove the oldest mosque in Egypt.	(72K) 576 x 432	Here we are, sending greetings from the Avenue of the Sphinxes. Recent discoveries indicate that this avenue of sphinxes runs from one temple complex to another for a distance of several miles.
(82K) 648 x 496	Just outside the temple park, modern life such as this donkey cart pulling vegetables, is thriving.	(41K) 648 x 251	This is the roof of the temple at Dendera; visitors can be seen exploring the temple and carving on the roof. In the distance are the remains of the original mud brick walls surrounding this complex.	(62K) 576 x 432	This is Hathor the goddess motherhood and protection. This is an especially fine carving on a capital which was set in storage.
(56K) 432 x 576	This is a ray of sunlight illuminating a very small portion of the interior of the Temple of Dendera. The temple was built by the Greeks and Romans and it is dedicated to Hathor, goddess of maternal and family love.	(84K) 576 x 432	On the back wall of the Temple of Dendera is the only known temple 'portrait' of the well known Cleopatra. She protrayed second from the left as a male pharoah. Her son Ceasareum stands to her right.	(88K) 432 x 576	This exquisite carving was discovered in a long, narrow secret room beneith the Temple at Dendera. There has been little or no damage to the walls since they were constructed.