a pharaonic building site that never wrapped for 2,000 years and it shows.
means a vast temple complex at ancient thebes, egypt, built and expanded by generations of pharaohs to honor amun and his divine family.
from begun around 2000 bce and added to by roughly 30 successive kings, each one bolting on a pylon, obelisk, or hall to outdo the last; the name karnak comes from the arabic el-khurnak, meaning fortified village, after a settlement that later grew up amid the ruins.
great hypostyle hall — built under seti i and ramesses ii, around 1290 bce
avenue of sphinxes — connects karnak to luxor temple, over 2.7 km long
obelisk of hatshepsut — tallest surviving ancient obelisk in egypt, about 29 meters
sacred lake — used by priests for ritual purification for centuries