KARNAK • PLATES

1. Fragment of a hieroglyphic inscription from
the Eighteenth Dynasty Period
2. The Temple of Amun. First courtyard, north-
ern side
3. General view of the Temple of Amun from
the eastern side
4. The Temple of Amun. Avenue of sphinxes
dating from the reign of Ramesses II
5. Fragment of one of the sphinxes of Ramesses
II in front of the First Pylon of the Temple
of Amun. Northern side
6. Sphinx from the reign of Ramesses II. South-
ern side of the avenue in front of the First
Pylon of the Temple of Amun
7. The Temple of Amun. View from the top
of the First Pylon towards the southern side
of the first courtyard
8. Ramesses Il’s avenue of sphinxes in front of
the First Pylon of the Temple of Amun.
Northern side
9. The Temple of Amun. Triple chapel of Amun,
Mut and Khons in the northern section of
the first courtyard. Erected during the reign
of Sethos II (Nineteenth Dynasty)
10. The Temple of Amun. First courtyard. View
to the east
11. Capital of Taharqa’s column in the first court-
yard of the Temple of Amun
12. The Temple of Amun. Column of Taharqa
in the first courtyard
13. The Temple of Amun. First courtyard, north-
ern side with colossus of Ramesses II
14. Fragment of colossus of Ramesses II with the
figure of the Queen
15. Colossus of Ramesses II
16. The Temple of Amun. Entrance to the Temple
of Ramesses III. In the foreground, the Statue
of the King
17. The Temple of Amun. Hypostyle Hall. North-
ern side of colonnade dating from the reign
of Ramesses II •
18. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle. View
of the window trellis from the central avenue
19. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle.
Southern side. View from above ,
20. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle. View
from the eastern side
21. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle. In
the background, the damaged statue of
Sethos II
22. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle.
South-western corner

23. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle. In
the foreground, statue of Sethos II
24. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle.
External northern wall with reliefs
25. The Temple of Amun. North-eastern corner
of Great Hypostyle Hall with relief showing
Sethos I
26. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle.
Sethos I on a relief on the northern wall
27. The Temple of Amun. Internal northern wall
of the Great Hypostyle Hall
28. The Temple of Amun. Great Hypostyle.
Internal northern wall with relief from the
reign of Ramesses II
29. Fragment of relief from the Late Period
30. The Temple of Amun. Granite portal between
the Fifth and Sixth Pylons
31. Granite statue of Amenhotep son of Hapu,
the author of the temple’s canon
32. The Temple of Amun. View from the north.
In the foreground, the columns of the small
temple of Ramesses III
33. The Temple of Amun. Obelisk of Queen
Hatshepsut
34. The Temple of Amun. The heraldic pillars —
granite posts
35. Upper part of the southern heraldic pillar
36. The Temple of Amun. Heraldic pillar. View
from the south
37. The Temple of Amun. Upper part of the
heraldic pillar. View from the south
38. The Temple of Amun. Granite sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus
39. The Temple of Amun. Granite sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus. Reliefs on the southern
external wall
40. The Temple of Amun. Granite sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus. View over the south wall
from the outside
41. The Temple of Amun. Sanctuary of Tuth-
mosis III. Relief from the northern corridor
42. The Temple of Amun. Relief on the wall of
his granite sanctuary, showing Philip Arrhid-
aeus
43. The Temple of Amun. Granite sanctuary of
Philip Arrhidaeus. Relief showing the King
with censer in front of Amun
44. Fragment of the Temple of Taharqa by the
Sacred Lake
45. The Temple of Amun. Relief showing a lion
on one of the walls of the sanctuary of Tuth-
mosis III