EGYPT: Medinet Habu / Ramesses III Temple - Luxor

Medinet Habu is an archaeological locality situated near the foot of the Theban Hills on the West Bank of the River Nile opposite the modern city of Luxor, Egypt. Although other structures are located within the area, the location is today associated almost exclusively (and indeed, most synonymously) with the Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III.

The Mortuary Temple of Ramesses III was an important New Kingdom period temple structure. Aside from its size and architectural and artistic importance, the temple is probably best known as the source of inscribed reliefs depicting the advent and defeat of the foreign invaders known as the Sea Peoples, during the reign of Ramesses III. It is quite well preserved and surrounded by a massive mudbrick enclosure, which may have been fortified. The original entrance is through a fortified gate-house, known as a migdol (and resembling an Asiatic fortress).

March 18, 2019

Impression of the original temple:
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