The Karnak Temple Complex is situated about 3 miles north of central Luxor along the East Bank of the Nile River. No public transportation is available nearby, but the property does have free on ...

The English writer Amelia Edwards, who traveled through Egypt in the 1870s, described Karnak as "a place ... of which no writing and no art can convey more than a dwarfed and pallid impression." ...

During the New Kingdom, the Temple of Amun-Re at Karnak was the most important place of worship in Egypt. (Amun-Re was King of the Gods and father to the pharaoh.) The entire temple complex covers ...