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Construction Phases and Ritual Practice at Karnak Temple (c. 1550–1069 BCE)

Construction Phases and Ritual Practice at Karnak Temple (c. 1550–1069 BCE)

  1. Ahmose I renews Amun’s cult at Karnak

    Labels: Ahmose I, Karnak Temple, Amun
  2. Hatshepsut commissions the Red Chapel barque shrine

    Labels: Hatshepsut, Red Chapel, Amun
  3. Thutmose III builds the Akh-menu festival hall

    Labels: Thutmose III, Akh-menu, Karnak
  4. Thutmose III dismantles Hatshepsut’s Red Chapel

    Labels: Thutmose III, Red Chapel, barque shrine
  5. Amenhotep III constructs Karnak’s Third Pylon

    Labels: Amenhotep III, Third Pylon, Karnak
  6. Amenhotep III reuses earlier shrines as pylon fill

    Labels: Amenhotep III, pylon fill, shrines
  7. Post-Amarna restorations reassert Amun at Karnak

    Labels: Tutankhamun, Horemheb, Amun
  8. Horemheb builds Karnak’s Ninth Pylon on the south axis

    Labels: Horemheb, Ninth Pylon, Aten temples
  9. Seti I begins the Great Hypostyle Hall

    Labels: Seti I, Great Hypostyle, Karnak
  10. Ramesses II completes decoration of the Hypostyle Hall

    Labels: Ramesses II, Hypostyle Hall, Karnak
  11. Opet Festival expands as a Karnak–Luxor procession

    Labels: Opet Festival, Karnak Luxor, Amun