Qype: Karnak Tempel in Luxor

Luxor – Arts & Entertainment – Landmarks – Arts & Entertainment

This really is one place that lives up to the hype. There is something about the scale and completeness about the Temple of Karnak that just fulfills every childhood fantasy that you had about Egypt.
I can’t quite remember the stat, but there is a sign as you enter that compares the size of this place very favourably with St Peters Cathedral in Rome – I think it said something like this was the largest religous structure ever built. (I just googled it and aparrantly it is spread over 247 acres)
It’s a maze of pillars and sandstone ampitheatres, in various degrees of decay and with really awe inspiring hyrogliphs.
It’s so big that you can get away from the crowds and the touts.
Probably my favourite place ever to play hide and seek.

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