http://www.sacredvoyage.net/temple-of-luxor.html Sacred Voyage Fri, 18 Feb 2011 04:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.sacredvoyage.net/temple-of-luxor.html/comment-page-1#comment-413 vareeja Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:12:31 +0000 http://www.sacredvoyage.net/?p=405#comment-413 The earliest parts of the temple still standing are the barque chapels, just behind the first pylon. They were built by Hatshepsut, and appropriated by Tuthmosis III. The main part of the temple - the colonnade and the sun court were built by Amenhotep III, and a later addition by Rameses II, who built the entrance pylon, and the two obelisks (one of which was taken to France, and is now at the centre of the Place de la Concorde) linked the Hatshepsut buildings with the main temple. The earliest parts of the temple still standing are the barque chapels, just behind the first pylon. They were built by Hatshepsut, and appropriated by Tuthmosis III. The main part of the temple – the colonnade and the sun court were built by Amenhotep III, and a later addition by Rameses II, who built the entrance pylon, and the two obelisks (one of which was taken to France, and is now at the centre of the Place de la Concorde) linked the Hatshepsut buildings with the main temple.

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