Old Karnak
Old Karnak is a village in Luxor Governorate, Egypt. Old Karnak is situated nearby to the neighborhood North District Housing, as well as near Al Awkaf Housing.Places of Interest
Highlights include Avenue of Sphinxes and Temple of Khonsu.
Avenue of Sphinxes
Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Avenue of Sphinxes or The King's Festivities Road, also known as Rams Road, is a 2.7 km long avenue which connects Karnak Temple with Luxor Temple having been uncovered in the ancient city of Thebes, with sphinxes and ram-headed statues lined up on both flanks.
Temple of Khonsu
Temple
Photo: Francesco Gasparetti, CC BY 2.0.
The Temple of Khonsu is an ancient Egyptian temple. It is located within the large Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak, in Luxor, Egypt. The edifice is an example of an almost complete New Kingdom temple, and was originally constructed by Ramesses III on the site of an earlier temple.
Temple of Akhmenu
The Festival Hall of Thutmose III is an ancient shrine in Luxor, Egypt. It is located at the heart of the Precinct of Amun-Re, in the Karnak Temple Complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Luxor and East Bank.
Luxor
Photo: Blalonde, Public domain.
Luxor is a city in Upper Egypt. Luxor had a population of 284,952 in 2023, with an area of 43.0 km2 and is the capital of the Luxor Governorate. Nicknamed the City of a Hundred Gates or the City of the Sun, formerly known as Thebes.
East Bank
Photo: Belmahdy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The East Bank of Luxor is the central part of Luxor township, centred on the twin foci of the Temple of Luxor and the Temple of Karnak.
El-Assasif
Village
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
El-Assasif is a necropolis near Luxor on the West Bank at Thebes, Egypt, Upper Egypt. It is located in the dry bay that leads up to Deir el-Bahari and south of the necropolis of Dra' Abu el-Naga'. El-Assasif is situated 5 km northwest of Old Karnak.
Old Karnak
- Type: Village
- Category: locality
- Location: Luxor Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
25.70976° or 25° 42′ 35″ northLongitude
32.65684° or 32° 39′ 25″ eastOpen location code
7GQJPM54+WPOpenStreetMap ID
way 828416504OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
“Old Karnak” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكرنك القديم”
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