Karnak Open Air Museum is an archaeological museum in Luxor , Egypt . It is located in the northwestern corner of the Precinct of Amon-Re at the Karnak complex.
6-436: The Open Air Museum contains reconstructions of structures that have been dismantled and buried or hidden inside the massive pylons in the complex. As Karnak became more prominent, pharaohs sought to leave their mark on the temple complex with their own monuments. As successive rulers built their monuments, they dismantled the old ones and utilized the materials in their own designs. Preventive archaeological excavations before
12-522: The Manuel de Codage transliteration ). The word comes from the Greek term πυλών 'gate'. It consists of two pyramidal towers, each tapered and surmounted by a cornice , joined by a less elevated section enclosing the entrance between them. The gate was generally about half the height of the towers. Contemporary paintings of pylons show them with long poles flying banners. In ancient Egyptian religion ,
18-407: The pylon mirrored the hieroglyph akhet 'horizon', which was a depiction of two hills "between which the sun rose and set". Consequently, it played a critical role in the symbolic architecture of a building associated with the place of re-creation and rebirth. Pylons were often decorated with scenes emphasizing a king's authority since it was the public face of a building. On the first pylon of
24-508: The renovation of Amenhotep II's calcite shrine were observed in this area by the Centre Franco-Égyptien d'Étude des Temples de Karnak (CFEETK), including an urban unit with mudbricks walls of Saito-Persian time. Also discovered during CFEETK excavations were terracotta figures with female representation called "concubines;" such figures are commonly found in levels related to construction and may be votive objects which ensure
30-456: The sustainability of construction. A number of shrines have been rebuilt and among these edifices are the 25°43′10″N 32°39′27″E / 25.7195°N 32.6574°E / 25.7195; 32.6574 This article about subjects relating to Ancient Egypt is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pylon (architecture) A pylon is a monumental gate of an Egyptian temple (Egyptian: bxn.t in
36-616: The temple of Isis at Philae , the pharaoh is shown slaying his enemies while Isis, Horus and Hathor look on. Other examples of pylons can be seen in Karnak , Luxor Temple and Edfu . Rituals to the god Amun were often carried out on the top of temple pylons. A pair of obelisks usually stood in front of a pylon. In addition to standard vertical grooves on the exterior face of a pylon wall which were designed to hold flag poles, some pylons also contained internal stairways and rooms. The oldest intact pylons belong to mortuary temples from
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