The Temple of Karnak includes many temples, courts, sanctuaries, pylons (gateways), kiosks, chapels, obelisks, walls, statues, and a sacred lake. It just went on and on and I’m not really sure exactly how much of it we saw. We saw a lot, but certainly not all of it.

The place to start would probably be the main entrance and main “street” – or whatever it was called. The main street passed through six or seven large pylons or gateways. Each of these was very large. In between the pylons were large courts which included many temples, sanctuaries, chapels, and the like.

The first photo shows the main street. This photo was taken as we stood at maybe the second pylon. You can see the next pylon up ahead. You can also see in the photo just how wide the pylons were. The tallest pylons must have been 80 to 100 feet tall. I know that the first pylon was very massive and we were told that it was home to hundreds of bats.

If you looked to the side from the main street when you were in between the pylons, you would see sights such as you see in the next two photos. I can’t remember exactly what these buildings were, but most likely they were chapels or temples or the like.