Unmatched Kanak (ancient mysteries of the Nile, an ancient journey of 14)

If the Luxor Temple known as spectacular, use the "incomparable" to describe the Kanak Temple (the Temple of Karnak) without too much.

Kanak Temple is Thebes is the most ancient temples, is the world's remaining the biggest temple, with its huge size of world fame. Temple of architectural features are impressive, simple, and materials are up to several tens of tons, tons of granite, including numerous palaces, Emboss and statues. Temple architecture Hongwei, process of fine, the ingenious idea, amazing.

(Figure 1-Kanak temple front door)

The temple was built in the Middle Kingdom era (about 2000 BC), in the new Kingdom era gradually formed a construction of the peak.

Generations of Pharaoh constantly to the expansion and reconstruction, for fear that ingratiating gods not piety, after 2000 years, from a small temple evolution became a 60 hectares of huge Temple group. It is said that the temple was constructed Kanak, a total of more than 80 000 people have paid a sweat. Pharaohs expedition trophy and looted money as the temple construction provides extremely rich sources of funding.

Although the temple ruins are now residues to one-tenth of that year, but still can discern different era building.

The temple's main building by an axis arranged on both sides of the divide: a main temple out of a range of overall building and courtyard, just like a temple, a brick wall divided into three parts. The middle part to save the most intact, is also part of the largest area, of about 30 hectares, is dedicated to the Sun god Amun (AmonTempleinKarnak); on the left is dedicated to nature God Muntu (Montu), 2.5 hectares; on the other side is dedicated to God Amon, his wife MUT (Mut), are not yet discovered.

Temple of nine Tower door, six seater as things go, three North-South orientation, the Tower door between the courtyard and lounge room.

Temple of the first tower door width 113 meters high, 46 m, 15 m thick was later built, was built in the reign of Greece who Ptolemy dynasty.

Door stands two rows on each side and long head statue, is the guardian of the temple. RAM is the Sun god Amun's image, so here's Sphinx does is said to have the face and is said to have goats face, often also called RAM, meaning the Sun god Amun turned into RAM protection with generations of Pharaoh King. It is said that these two rows statue Temple of Luxor in the original and two rows in front of the Sphinx, up to several kilometres, the magnificent grandeur of pilots.

(Figure 3-remnants of the large stone pillar stands in the root of the courtyard in the middle)

In the large Tower door, came to the first courtyard.

Around the courtyard is a row of tall pillar promenade, promenade below each have a row of Griffins like sheep, it is estimated that the original is in RAM channel, was excavated sculpture after here. Courtyard inside the cross seven trees eight down with some mysterious symbols carved pillars, statues, defaced or massive rock the cradle. Several big fracture shizhu root stood in the middle of the courtyard.

Most noticeable is a root of up to 21 m in huge stone columns, this is the most well preserved Temple of currently save the stone pillar.

Original here in the twenty-fifth dynasty established large Colonnade, stone pillar two rows, each row of five, now only the next root, is a complete granite sculpture, very impressive. Liu Huan, the courtyard is then constructed, is to the left side of the courtyard of the temple, the right side of the set of the courtyard is the Tullamore Francis II of the temple.

In the first courtyard, another notably Rameses II of two huge statue, the separation of powers in the second tower, one on either side of the door had been worn.

Liu Huan pointed at Rameses legs between the small statue said: "archaeologists said this is Rameses II's wife, I prefer is his daughter. He protects his own daughter. "Liu Huan isn't a well-behaved, often amazing surprises. I think Liu Huan judgment reasonable. Rameses on his wife's Philippine Telecom is very affectionate, he built for his wife of Abu usimbe small temple, he and his wife's statue is standing side by side, how can here put his wife in the crotch?

(Figure 5-Rameses II of enormous statue)

Through the second tower door, they entered the called "pillar of" stone pillar Hall.

Entire lobby w 102 meters, depth 53 meters with a total area of 5000 square meters, the diameter of 4 meters, high 21 meters, the whole block of granite sculpture as 134 huge pillar supporting the root. Into the Hall, to look in any direction is a great post, column walls inscribed with exquisite relief, the record of ancient Egypt and the myths and legends of people's daily lives. Ancient Egypt's superlative craftsmanship, breathtaking.

Walking in the column Hall, a huge stone pillar shadow to you, from the top down sun stone pillar in the shadow of the constantly changing, so that walking during the appearance of a trance.

The whole Hall is huge with so dense stone to create a thrilling effect, that people cannot help but feel its own small.

(Figure 8-cylinder walls inscribed with exquisite relief)

Pillar Hall is a whole, but the difference from the height of the stone, the structure is divided into the middle and two side of the temple.

The Middle Temple, use 12 pillar of up to 23 meters, it is said that every pillar weight up to 140 tons, pillar for open Lotus-shaped top of stigma, the perimeter is 15 metres, the above can also stand by 50 people, it is exaggerated to station 100 individuals.

I was in the stone Hall, while the feeling: the productivity of 3000 years ago, no iron, much less lifting equipment, almost naked people, how to put these monster Mobile here? "and how can such a dense put them one erected!? you know, no matter which side support, in which side traction, has been erected in close proximity of the posts will affect the construction team.

It's all too easy, no vertical good post fell, the posts have been erectedThat will form the dominoes. That's too difficult!

Through the broken wall, the ruins of the third tower door, will enter the temple's central courtyard.

Surprisingly, this is the most serious damage. Two tall obelisk enable people to realize that there should be at the core of the whole temple. The back of the obelisk, the Cathedral, the sanctity of the Sun god Amun place to live.

Obelisk is the ancient Egypt who are committed, the symbol of the Sun God, it consists of a block party bar made of granite, top-side tip tapered, towering monument and sharp cone symbolizes the Sun's rays, in form and content, are filled with the display of the imperial power and reverence for the divine authority.

The left side of the shorter is the figure-Morse a four block, the only remaining in the Obelisk. The right side a is Egypt's highest high Obelisk, 30 m, to 320 tons, is Hart cheppe Sudal Queen two obelisk in the existing building, the top was inlaid with gold. I really was his daughter, I waited on him, know all his tenor. I received from my father's reward is life, eternal and domination, in charge of all things like Ruth throne, God as long. For my father-Hamon made with gold, the aim is to get my name in this temple forever. I do this out of love for him, a King on the love of God. When the sun rises between them, from the Nile River, the light shines on the Earth. ”

We also saw a fall of Obelisk, in the top, we saw the Sun god Amun's statue, but gold is even the shadow never see.

(Figure 14-the fallen can be seen at the top of the Obelisk Helios Hamon's statue)

Even in the world, Kanak Temple are already found in the largest site of the ancient religious buildings.

Although due to historical picture of the change, it is not possible to reproduce, but through a temple before the Obelisk on the text, we will still be able to understand it then Grand: "temple walls with fine sand and stone blocks, and then passes the considerate. Pavement silver coating. All the gold plating on the road. Statues are made of whole blocks of granite, sandstone, colored stone chisel. The main hall has a gold, jade brick throne. Temple erected a row of pure gold cast flagpole. Artificial water of the Nile River attracted, Central Temple and flow. Every time the sun rises, the Temple of light as the Sun is shining. Every religious ritual begins from the Kanak Temple, to the end of the Temple of Luxor. There is one mile on either side of the stone road, close to Saint sheep looks like, pavement with some package with gold, silver, shiny stone slab. ”

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