Good morning everyone, Praise be Jesus and Mary!

We are the group 7 and we will be

presenting about Luxor temple.

For today's presentation we will tackle its Architecture, Building Materials, and its
construction method.

Introduction
Luxor temple is the oldest temple in the world that has been a place of continuous worship
for over 3,400 years. This place was known as ipet resyt, the southern sanctuary.
Amenhotep III, started building the temple around 1400 BCE around a shrine built by Queen
Hatshepsut before him.

Luxor Temple is dedicated to the God Amun, his wife Mut, and their son, Khonsu. Each year
the Egyptians celebrated the Opet Festival, which centered on the ritual renewal of divine
kingship.

The Luxor temple was not built in adoration to a god or to a god figure of the kings and
pharaohs; instead, Luxor Temple was built in dedication to the rejuvenation of kingship.
Many kings might have had they crowning at the Temple of Luxor

Architecture
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Entrance of Luxor temple
➔ Ramses II placed six colossal statues of himself, four standing and two seated. He
also erected two granite obelisks inscribed with his names and titles. On the right-
hand tower, this is where reliefs of the Egyptian camp with Ramses II consulting with
his military commanders. While on the left hand tower it is where he charges the
enemy, managing to keep them engaged until reinforcements arrive.

The Colonnade
➔ It was designed by Amenhotep III and decorated by Tutankhamon and Haremhab. It
comprises seven pairs of majestic columns with calyx capitals. The walls are
decorated with Scentes of the great Opet festival.

The Court of Amenhotep III

➔ This is a fine example of the architecture of the 18th Dynasty. The double rows of
columns have clustered papyrus-bud capitals and are in a good state of preservation.
The side colonnades end, in the south, with a group of columns arranged in four rows
of eight, which is usually called the Hypostyle Hall

Building materials
The Luxor Temple was constructed of sandstone blocks from Nubia. The temple is
surrounded by mud-brick walls which symbolize the separation between the world and the
sacred realm of the gods. The Temple’s design during the New Kingdom exhibited a set of
common design features in the construction of the temple. The Luxor Temple displays many
of the features typical of temple construction known during the New Kingdom.
Construction Method
The Ancient Egyptians had a common technique in the construction of monuments, which
was symbolism or illusionism, for example, There are two Obelisks at Luxor Temple, which
have different heights but they give the illusion that they have. With the layout of the temple
they appear to be of equal height, but using illusionism, it enhances the relative distances
hence making them look the same size to the wall behind it.

Symbolically, it is a visual and spatial effect to emphasize the heights and distance from the
wall, enhancing the already existing pathway