the.com/avenue of sphinxes
a 2.7-kilometer red carpet of stone lion-headed gods, built so priests never had to touch the ground.
means a processional road lined with sphinx statues connecting two ancient egyptian temples, used for religious festival parades.
from built mainly under pharaohs of the new kingdom, especially nectanebo i in the 4th century bce, to link karnak and luxor temples so the god amun's statue could travel between them during the annual opet festival, carried by priests along a path guarded by hundreds of stone protectors.
statue countoriginally over 1350 sphinxes lined the road
burialburied under sand and houses for centuries
reopeningfully unearthed and reopened to public in 2021
lengthstretches nearly 3 kilometers between two temples
for instance
karnak luxor road — the original egypt route, restored and reopened november 2021
opet festival path — used yearly to carry amun's statue in ancient thebes