Precinct of Amun-Re

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The Precinct of Amun-Re is the largest and most significant religious enclosure within the Karnak Temple Complex, dedicated to the chief god Amun and renowned for its monumental pylons, hypostyle hall, and sacred lake.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian religious site
religious precinct
temple enclosure
associatedDeity Amunet
Khonsu
Montu
Mut
builtForCultOf Amun-Re
linked to: Amun
connectedByProcessionalRouteTo Luxor Temple
constructionStartedInPeriod Middle Kingdom
contains Akh-menu
Eighth Pylon
Festival Hall of Thutmose III
Fifth Pylon
First Pylon
Fourth Pylon
Great Hypostyle Hall
Ninth Pylon
Sacred Lake of Karnak
linked to: Sacred Lake of Amun

Second Pylon
Seventh Pylon
Sixth Pylon
Temple of Amenhotep II
Temple of Amenhotep III
Temple of Amun-Re
linked to: Temple of Amun

Temple of Horemheb
Temple of Merneptah
Temple of Nectanebo II
Temple of Philip Arrhidaeus
Temple of Ramesses II
linked to: Temple of Seti II

Temple of Ramesses III
Temple of Seti I
Temple of Seti II
Temple of Taharqa
Temple of Thutmose III
Tenth Pylon
Third Pylon
currentUse archaeological site
tourist attraction
dedicatedTo Amun
era Bronze Age
Iron Age
expandedBy Amenhotep III
Hatshepsut
Nectanebo I
Nectanebo II
Ramesses II
Ramesses III
Seti I
Thutmose I
linked to: Tuthmosis I

Thutmose III
hasArchaeologicalSignificance evidence for ancient Egyptian temple economy
major source of inscriptions
hasFeature Great Hypostyle Hall
barque shrines
courtyards
enclosure wall
festival hall
monumental pylons
obelisks
processional ways
pylons I to X
ram-headed sphinx avenue
sacred lake
sanctuaries
storage magazines
temple workshops
locatedIn Luxor
Thebes
locatedInCountry Egypt
locatedOnBankOf Nile River
linked to: Nile
mainDeity Amun
majorDevelopmentInPeriod New Kingdom
notableStructure First Pylon
Great Hypostyle Hall
Obelisk of Hatshepsut
Obelisks of Thutmose I
Sacred Lake of Karnak
linked to: Sacred Lake of Amun
partOf Karnak Temple Complex
religiousCenterOf Theban Triad
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis
usedFor oracular consultations
processions
royal coronation rituals
state religious ceremonies
storage of temple wealth

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karnak Temple Complex hasPart Precinct of Amun-Re
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari hasSanctuary Amun sanctuary
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
Karnak Temple inscriptions associatedWith Precinct of Amun-Re
Precinct of Mut locatedNear Precinct of Amun-Re
Precinct of Mut linkedByProcessionalRouteTo Precinct of Amun-Re
Great Hypostyle Hall partOf Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
First Pylon partOf Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
Ipet-isut hasMainDistrict Precinct of Amun-Re
Precinct of Montu nearbySite Precinct of Amun-Re
City of Amun hasPart Precinct of Amun-Re