Luxor Temple in the Evening

We timed an evening visit to the Luxor Temple since it's right across the street from our hotel and is lit in the evening. Construction for the temple complex dates back to 14th BCE. Various dynasties made additions through the centuries, including a shrine to Alexander the Great. The Luxor Temple is particularly remarkable for

• The many colossi
• One half of an obelisk pair is at Place de la Concorde in Paris. 
• Between the colonnade and the columns of the hypostyle hall, the temple appears to be all about columns, particularly graceful
• The Opet Relief was most enlightening. The relief is not in particularly good condition. It illustrates the Opet Festival (16th-11th century BCE) where statues, offerings, boats were processed between Karnak and Luxor Temples. One wonders where Spaniards got the idea of processions?

Luxor Temple is at one end of the Avenue of Sphinxes, the Temple of Karnak is at the other end. This photo was taken from in front of Luxor temple looking down the Avenue of Sphinxes towards Karnak.


Short Video of Luxor Temple and Avenue of Spinxes just before sunset. Link here.


Luxor Temple with obelisk and colossi in front.






Looking to the Great Hypostyle Hall


How about the look on the face of the right Colossus?


Colossus and columns.


Great Hypostyle Hall




The lights come on.




Short Video of Luxor Temple at night. Link here.














Relief of Opet Festival boat procession.