Egypt: Karnak Temple

After traveling through the locks on our boat, we arrived in Luxor where we get to see two more temples! First is Karnak Temple which apparently was built / rebuilt over a long period of time so offers a lot of variety (and a LOT of big columns!). There’s also a photo showing mud bricks against a temple wall, which would have been used to climb and access the wall during building or maintenance; and a couple photos showing Mina describing a number square carving that would have been used for teaching. Also note where the ORIGINAL colors are still present (in protected places where the sun hasn’t bleached it away) …

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