Precinct of Amun-Re

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The Precinct of Amun-Re is the largest and most significant religious enclosure within the Karnak Temple Complex, dedicated to the chief god Amun and renowned for its monumental pylons, hypostyle hall, and sacred lake.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (86)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian religious site ⓘ
religious precinct ⓘ
temple enclosure ⓘ
associatedDeity Amunet ⓘ
Khonsu ⓘ
Montu ⓘ
Mut ⓘ
builtForCultOf Amun-Re ⓘ
linked to: Amun
connectedByProcessionalRouteTo Luxor Temple ⓘ
constructionStartedInPeriod Middle Kingdom ⓘ
contains Akh-menu ⓘ
Eighth Pylon ⓘ
Festival Hall of Thutmose III ⓘ
Fifth Pylon ⓘ
First Pylon ⓘ
Fourth Pylon ⓘ
Great Hypostyle Hall ⓘ
Ninth Pylon ⓘ
Sacred Lake of Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Sacred Lake of Amun

Second Pylon ⓘ
Seventh Pylon ⓘ
Sixth Pylon ⓘ
Temple of Amenhotep II ⓘ
Temple of Amenhotep III ⓘ
Temple of Amun-Re ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Amun

Temple of Horemheb ⓘ
Temple of Merneptah ⓘ
Temple of Nectanebo II ⓘ
Temple of Philip Arrhidaeus ⓘ
Temple of Ramesses II ⓘ
linked to: Temple of Seti II

Temple of Ramesses III ⓘ
Temple of Seti I ⓘ
Temple of Seti II ⓘ
Temple of Taharqa ⓘ
Temple of Thutmose III ⓘ
Tenth Pylon ⓘ
Third Pylon ⓘ
currentUse archaeological site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
dedicatedTo Amun ⓘ
era Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
expandedBy Amenhotep III ⓘ
Hatshepsut ⓘ
Nectanebo I ⓘ
Nectanebo II ⓘ
Ramesses II ⓘ
Ramesses III ⓘ
Seti I ⓘ
Thutmose I ⓘ
linked to: Tuthmosis I

Thutmose III ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSignificance evidence for ancient Egyptian temple economy ⓘ
major source of inscriptions ⓘ
hasFeature Great Hypostyle Hall ⓘ
barque shrines ⓘ
courtyards ⓘ
enclosure wall ⓘ
festival hall ⓘ
monumental pylons ⓘ
obelisks ⓘ
processional ways ⓘ
pylons I to X ⓘ
ram-headed sphinx avenue ⓘ
sacred lake ⓘ
sanctuaries ⓘ
storage magazines ⓘ
temple workshops ⓘ
locatedIn Luxor ⓘ
Thebes ⓘ
locatedInCountry Egypt ⓘ
locatedOnBankOf Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
mainDeity Amun ⓘ
majorDevelopmentInPeriod New Kingdom ⓘ
notableStructure First Pylon ⓘ
Great Hypostyle Hall ⓘ
Obelisk of Hatshepsut ⓘ
Obelisks of Thutmose I ⓘ
Sacred Lake of Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Sacred Lake of Amun
partOf Karnak Temple Complex ⓘ
religiousCenterOf Theban Triad ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSitePartOf Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis ⓘ
usedFor oracular consultations ⓘ
processions ⓘ
royal coronation rituals ⓘ
state religious ceremonies ⓘ
storage of temple wealth ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Karnak Temple Complex → hasPart → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari → hasSanctuary → Amun sanctuary ⓘ
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
Karnak Temple inscriptions → associatedWith → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Precinct of Mut → locatedNear → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Precinct of Mut → linkedByProcessionalRouteTo → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Great Hypostyle Hall → partOf → Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
First Pylon → partOf → Precinct of Amun-Re at Karnak ⓘ
linked to: Precinct of Amun-Re
Ipet-isut → hasMainDistrict → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
Precinct of Montu → nearbySite → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ
City of Amun → hasPart → Precinct of Amun-Re ⓘ