Temple of Ramses III (Luxor, Egypt) – Cinematic footage

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Ramses III’s magnificent memorial temple of Medinat Habu is one of the most underrated sites in the ancient city of Luxor ( Thebes). This was one of the first places in Thebes closely associated with the local god Amun. At its height, Medinat Habu contained temples, storage rooms, workshops, administrative buildings, a royal palace, and accommodation for priests and officials. It was the center of the economic life of Thebes for centuries.
Although the complex is most famous for the funerary temple built by Ramses III, Queen Hatshepsut and King Tuthmosis III also constructed buildings here. They were later added to and altered by a succession of rulers through to the Ptolemies. When the pagan cults were banned, it became an important Christian center and was still inhabited as late as the 9th century AD, when a plague was thought to have decimated the town. You can still see the mud-brick remains of the medieval town that gave the site its name (medina means ‘town’ or ‘city’) on top of the enclosure walls.
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