Show Z Z Z Z I Z Z x Z x Z i Z i- i ix Z x Z Z X Z Z X Z SZ X X Y X I Glory Long Departed From Ancient I Karnak 1 Is a village In to upper Egypt with a population of ot about The village has given gl Its lis name to the northern half of eat the ruins of Thebes on the east past bank blink of ot the Nile the part being known as Luxor The fhe I arnak ruins comprise three great enclosures built of ot crude brick The fhe most northern and smallest of these contained a 8 temple of the god Mont built b by III and restored restored restored re re- stored by hy II 11 and the tole Ptole- males Diles I Except a well well Preserved preserved ga gateway gate gateway te- te way little more than titan the plan of the foundation can be traced The Tate southern southern south south- ern enclosure contained a temple of the goddess Mut Hut and Is almost as liS ruinous as the east enst but on a much lar larger lr scale The third or central enclosure en en- enclosure closure Is of vast VlIst dimensions forming approximately n a square of 1500 feet and It con contains tans the grea greatest test of all known kOO temples the Kurnik Karnak temple of ut Ammon Thebes became the royal roal residence and ond Ammor of Karnak was the great god od of or the st te Different kings added to the temple of ot Karnak Karnuk and to Thebes Alexander the Gren Orell the Ule Grecian conqueror of the tile Eel Ells Eusi I restored a In the festal bal hat The Tate walls of Ule buildings throughout as usual In l Egyptian temples are ure covered coy cov ered with scenes and Inscriptions an ninny many record the annals of kings an of ot battles and campaigns |