Karnak Temple

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Pillars built by Pharaohs.

Construction of Karnak temple started in the Middle Kingdom but those

pillars and obelisks were built later in the New Kingdom.
 Great Hypostyle Hall
Architecture and Construction The
Great Hypostyle Hall covers an area
of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft). The roof,
now fallen, was supported by 134
columns in 16 rows; the 2 middle
rows are higher than the others
(being 10 metres (33 ft) in
circumference and 24 metres (79 ft)
high). The 134 papyrus columns
represent the primeval papyrus
swamp from which Amun; a self-
created deity, arose from the waters
of chaos at the beginning of
creating. The hall was not
constructed by Horemheb, or
Amenhotep III as earlier scholars
had thought but was built entirely by
Seti I who engraved the northern
wing of the hall with inscriptions.
Decoration of the southern wing
was completed by the 19th dynasty
pharaoh Ramesses II.
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Only 3 obelisks still stand from the original 20.

The construction of the temple in Karnak started in the Middle Kingdom

when the ruler of Egypt was called king. There were no Pharaohs at that
time. But this Great Hypostyle Hall, those pillars and obelisks were built
later in the New Kingdom when the ruler of Egypt was called Pharaoh.
This was known recently, however this was portrayed in the Quran 1400
years before it was discovered.
 Quran 38:12
Before them the people of Noah
denied the truth; as did Aad, and
Pharaoh of pillars.

ِ َ‫ا( َ ْوت‬
‫اد‬ ْ ‫ت َقبْ َل ُه ْم َق ْو ُم نُوح ٍ َو َعا ٌد َو ِف ْر َع ْو ُن ذُو‬
ْ َ‫ َكذ=ب‬١٢

ِ َ‫"ا( َ ْوت‬
"Autad ‫اد‬ ْ means stakes or pillars. "Pharaoh of pillars" today we know
that the title of Pharaoh was given to the rulers in the New Kingdom, not
before. Although the construction of Karnak started in the Middle
Kingdom when there were no Pharaohs, those pillars and obelisks were
built later in the New Kingdom by Pharaohs. No mistakes in the Quran.

How could an illiterate man who lived

1400 years ago have known who built
those pillars?

(The Christian Bible falsely claims that during the time of King David they
paid for the temple 10,000 gold darics, coins which turned-out to be
actually struck by King Darius 400 years later (1 Chronicles 29:7).)