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Show :-x-:-x-:-x-:-x-:-x-x-:-x-x-z-:-x-m-m-:-x-:-x-x-:-x-:-x-:-x-m-:-x-:-x-:-x-z-:-x-m-x-:-Glory Long Departed From Ancient Karnak Karnak Is a village In upper Egypt with a population of about 15,000. The village has given Its name to the northern half of the ruins of Thebes on the east bank of the Nile, the southern part being known as Luxor. The Karnak ruins comprise three great enclosures built of crude brick. The most northern and smallest of these contained a temple of the god Mont, built by Amenophis III, and restored re-stored by Rameses II and the Ptolemies. Ptole-mies. Except a well-preserved gateway, gate-way, little more than the plan of the foundation can be traced. The southern south-ern enclosure contained a temple of the goddess Mut, and is almost as ruinous as the east but on a much larger scale. The third or central enclosure en-closure is of vast dimensions, forming approximately a square of 1.500 feet; and It contains the greatest of all known temples, the Karnak temple of Amnion. Thebes became the royal residence, and Ammon of Karnak was the great god of the state. Different kings added to the temple of Karnak j and to Thebes. Alexander the Great the Grecian conqueror of the East restored a chamber in the festal ha! The walls of the buildings throughout as usual In Egyptian temples, are cot ered with scenes and Inscriptions, am many record the annals of kings an. of battles and campaigns. |