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Sacred ... In Ancient Egyptian Religion, the dominant temple at Karnak complex, which was part of the ancient city, Thebes, now in modern Luxor, Egypt.

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Temple of Amon, temple built between about 1550 and 1070 BC at Al Karnak in Egypt to honor Amon, the Egyptian god of life and reproduction. Additions by nearly every Egyptian ruler during the New Kingdom period resulted in one of the most impressive religious structures in history.

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Egyptian deity honored by the temple, see Amon

construction and additions to the Temple of Amon, see Ramses II; Temple (building): Egyptian and Mesopotamian Temples; Thutmose II

location of the ruins of the Temple of Amon, see Al Karnak

pilgrimage of Alexander the Great to the Temple of Amon, see Alexander the Great