Visit the magnificent Karnak Temple, the largest temple complex in the world. Much of the site has been restored in the last century.

Karnak Temple

Karnak is a city with five names- the original name was Weset or Newt, which meant simply "the city". It then became No-amon "the city of Amun" or simply No- "the city" during the Middle and New Kingdom periods, when the city was the political and religious center for Egypt. During the Hellenistic period the city became Thebes, a Greek name sometimes used by Bible translators. The name Luxor was derived from Arabic al-Qusur "the palaces", following the Muslim conquest.

Karnak Temple, located just north of the Luxor Temple, is the largest temple complex in the world. It covers 100 acres and took about 2,000 years to build. Karnak is a whole city of temples, the largest being the Temple of Amen. There is an avenue of Sphinxes that connects the Luxor and Karnak Temples. Karnak is composed of courts, numerous temples, halls, sanctuaries, chapels, and rooms.

Single Kingdom Nahum 3:8 - Nahum asked Nineveh whether it was "better than Thebes [No-amon]," a city that the Assyrians had attacked and destroyed in 663 BC. Jeremiah 46:25 - God announced that He would punish "Amon god of Thebes" along with the pharaoh and Egypt's false gods. Ezekiel 30:14-16 - Ezekiel announced God's judgement on Thebes and several other cities in Egypt.

Apostolic Age Hebrews 11:24-26 - Moses would have spent some of his childhood in Pharaoh's house in Thebes. This is certainly on e spot where Moses saw the "treasures of Egypt" that the writer of Hebrews says he ultimately rejected.

End Notes:
Lamar C Berrett, Discovering the World of the Bible, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Tennessee, 1979, p.78-79